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Do you have (or pursue) a career in the Knowledge Economy?

Then the services, resources and products offered by Van Thinking are of interest to you!

About Van Thinking

Decision Making

While many of us neglect to take the importance of good decision making into account when we pursue success in the knowledge economy, it remains true that an organization is steered by the quality of decisions made.We offer

  1. Read some Articles (including our popular Framework for the Organizational Decision Making  and the 8-Step Decision Making Process)
  2. Free Email Course on Decision Making Risks
  3. Email Course and Ebook on "Organizational Decision Making Introduction"
  4. Interactive, Online Course on "Organizational Decision Making"
  

Resilience Management

Organizational Resilience is usually linked primarily to disaster management and business continuity.  At Van Thinking we go one step further and show how resilience can be a strategic advantage.

  1. Read some of our articles on resilience management.
  2. Pariticpate in our online, interactive webinar regarding Resilience and Decision Making in organizations, which expands on the articles and provide practical pointers for implementation.
  

Science in Management

The century-proven success of science in the knowledge world is without rival.  How can this success be duplicated in the management and organizational environments to promote excellence and enhance the quality of decisions?  Van Thinking has studied this phenomenon in much detail and provides new insights how to do this successfully.

  1. Read some of our articles on science in management to know how to apply scientific principles in management.
  2. An eBook on the subject "How do Scientists Think?" explores the generic features of scientific thinking, which can be used to unloock the success of science in any environment.
  3. Participate in our online, interactive course on how to promote scientific thinking in management and organizational environments so as to unlock the proven success best.
  

 Organizational Complexity

Understanding the behaviour of organizations is not trivial, and engaging in organizational change often yields unexpected and sometimes undesirable results. 

  1. It is for this reason that the study of organizational complexity has become important.  We offer a free email course in organizational complexity, as well as a free online video.
  2. In addition we offer an interactive, online course in Complexity Thinking where we translate the principles and concepts of complexity into practical skills that will advance your career in the knowledge economy.
 

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Published articles:

  1. Van der Walt, M, “Knowledge Management and Scientific Knowledge Generation ”, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, (2006) 4, 319–330.
  2. Van der Walt, M., De Wet, G., "A Framework for Scientific Knowledge Generation", Knowledge Management Research & Practice, (2008) 6, 141 - 154.