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Geert Sanders
is Professor of Organization Science
in the Faculty of
Management
and Organization of the
University of Groningen. He is also director of the
Department of Development and Fund Raising (the Ubbo
Emmius Fund.
Beginning with a background
in social and organizational psychology, Geert Sanders specialized in
developmental processes within individuals, groups and organizations.
His expertise and passion are in counseling
people, groups and organizations, in breaking through set patterns of behavior
and in the rediscovery and employment of creative talent.
Further
elaboration:
The following catchwords
describe his expertise: life history, group dynamics, organizational culture,
leadership, intercultural management, organizational rejuvenation, technology
transfer, dealing with transitions and transition management, creativity, fund
raising, knowledge creation and management.
(For further information about his Person and Expertise; See:
Amongst Professors)
Geert
Sanders studied social and organizational psychology at
the Catholic University of Nijmegen and the University of
Groningen, respectively. He completed his studies in 1969
cum laude.
From
1969 to 1997 Geert Sanders researched (and occasionally
acted as consultant on) various aspects of the psychology
of life careers, organizational behavior and
organizational learning.
Since
1997 these themes have come into daily use in his capacity
as director of the Department of Development and Fund
Raising. Geert Sanders has learned from the interaction of
practice and theory, that “theories of organizational
culture and leadership aren’t that bad at all.”
These
are the phases of his career as a field researcher:
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Large-scale,
comparative research into the lives of homosexual and heterosexual Dutch boys
and girls (1969-1977) under Prof. H.A. Hutte; doctorate earned in 1977;
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Research into innovation of secondary education via “value clarification”
programs (1977-1984);
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Research into diagnosing corporate culture in some twenty organizations in
Denmark and the Netherlands, together with Geert Hofstede (1984-1988);
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Research
on (fundamental) cultural changes (1988-1992);
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Research
on intercultural cooperation and technology transfer between organizations in
different countries,
inter alia
together with Sebastian Dworatschek (1992-1997);
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Research
into corporate cultural aspects of fund raising (since 1997);
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Research
into the creation and management of knowledge within the “master-apprentice”
model (since 2004).
His
work as director of Development and Fund
Raising of the
Ubbo Emmius Fonds
can be divided into two
phases:
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Transfer of principles and practices of fund raising to Ubbo Emmius
Fund
staff (the Dutch context) by the American/English consultancy
bureau Brakeley;
- Shape
fundraising to fit Dutch culture; .
As
university teacher and consultant, Geert Sanders is or has been
active in all of these areas of expertise.
He
uses the process consultation approach in his consultancy work: together
with the client he finds the central questions and based on a series of critical
questions, he supports the clients in the independent discovery of their
solutions. He has assisted a variety of (international) profit and non-profit
organizations.
He has
(co-)supervised ten (completed dissertations) and
continues to act as supervisor/mentor to several current
PhD projects.
See list:
Dissertations
In
addition to his positions at the University of Groningen,
between 1994 and 2001 he was guest professor for
Intercultural Business Cooperation at the University of
Bremen in the Institute for Project Management and
innovation (IPMI). At that time he contributed to a number
of courses and research projects lead by Prof. Sebastian
Dworatschek dealing with project management.
He
also contributes as speaker and workshop leader to
De Baak Executive Development Center, Focus Conferences,
the TSM Business School of the Technical University at
Twente, the Dutch Royal Military Academy at Breda,
Brakeley Fund Raising and Management Consultants, the
Haus der Technik in Essen, the University of Bremen,
the Teeuwen Group, and the training institute of the KMBV.
He is
active as governor (member of the Board of Trustees
of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education),
editor (member of the Editorial Board of the
International Journal of Educational Advancement),
committee member (Platform Defensie – Bedrijfsleven of
VNO-NCW)) and member (Pugwash Nederland).
. Special
recognitions include:
the
Award for Excellence for a 1993 contribution to the
International Journal of Quality and Reliability
Management on organizational culture and quality
management from the award-winning publication by Dirk
Pieter van Donk and Geert Sanders;
Selection as teacher of the year by the
Management Faculty;
The
seventh printing of Bedrijfscultuur: Diagnose en
Beinvloeding by Geert Sanders and Bram Neuijen by
the Koninklijke Van Gorcum press in 2002.
A
selection from (recent) lectures and workshops
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"Working together to get the top.
Is the goal the same as success?"(with Edmond Öfner,
mountain climber and guide, and member of
North Pole expedition);
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„Change, who's directing?“
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„Working
with organizational culture: envisioning the future with
‘future search’"
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„Fundamental
cultural change and associated transition management:
letting go, experiencing the neutral zone, making a new
beginning“.
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„Cooperation
based on strategic partnerships: the art of thinking
together through dialog“.
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„Do’s
and Don’ts of university fund raising“.
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„Toward
a culture of engagement and fundraising: principles,
practices, possibilities“.
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„The
dynamic of master-apprentice relations: the art of
pleasantly surprising each other“.
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„Developing
oneself to the essence of life“
A few (current) sources of
inspiration
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Badaracco, J.L. ( 2002) ,
Leading Quietly: An Onorthodox Guide to Doing the
Right Thing. Harvard Business School Press, Boston.
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Bridges, W. (2001),
The Way of Transition: Embracing Life’s Most Difficult
Moments. Perseus Publishing, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
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Collins, J. (2001),
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and
Others Don’t. Harper Business, New York.
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Csikszentmihalyi, M.
(1996), Creativity: Flow and the Discoveryand
Invention. HarperCollins, New York.
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Hofstede, G., Cultures
and Organzations: Software of the Mind. McGraw Hill.
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Kets de Vries, M.F.R.
(2001), The Leadership Mistique: a User’s Manual for
the Human Enterprise. Financial Times / Prentice
Hall, London.
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Isaacs, W. (1999),
Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together.
Doubleday, New York.
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Jaworski, J. (1996), Synchronicity:
the Inner Path of Leadership. Bennet-Kroeber.
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Moss Kanter, R. (2002), Strategy as
Improvisational Theater. MIT Sloan Management Review.
Winter, S. 76-81.
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Nonaka, I. and Takeuchi, H. (1995), The
Knowledge Creating Company: How Japanese Companies
Create the Dynamics of Innovation.
Oxford University Press, New York.
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Rosso, H.A. (1996),
Rosso on Fundraising: Lessons from a Master’s Lifetime
Experience. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco.
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Schein, E.H. (1985),
Organizatioanl Culture and Leadership: a Dynamic View.
Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco.
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Zander, R.S. and Zander, B. (2000),
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and
Personal Life. Harvard Business School Press, Boston
Most recent
publications (Dutch):
Sanders,
G.J.E.M. (2004), Komen tot een Leven vanuit Essentie. In:
Mobach, M.P. und Stegwee, R.A., Bedrijfskundige Kennis:
een Kleurrijk Perspectief. Prentpark, Groningen, S.
171-188.
Link to:
"Leven vanuit Essentie"
Sanders, G.J.E.M. (2005), Hamburg
Link to (pdf-file):
"De maatschappelijke betekenis van vertrouwen: het
Nederlandse perspectief"
Books from
Geert Sanders:
Link to:
Bedrijfscultuur: diagnose en beïnvloeding
Current work
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Last
book publication Fall 2005: "Fundraising:
a relationship engaged approach“.
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