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Human Performance Management. Choosing a mentor for your master thesis project. November 10, 2010. Master Thesis Project at Human Performance Management. Managing people in domain of IM and OML Managing work in domain of IM and OML Managing change in domain of IM and OML.
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Human Performance Management Choosing a mentor for your master thesis project November 10, 2010
Master Thesis Project at Human Performance Management • Managing people in domain of IM and OML • Managing work in domain of IM and OML • Managing change in domain of IM and OML Focus on human aspects of operations management & innovation management At the individual, group and/or organizational level Mainly quantitative research Both empirical and problem-driven/design-oriented research in MTP / Human Performance Management
Managing people How to optimize the workforce in general in order to realize the organizational goals. For organizations it is crucial to attract the right person for the job, to keep their employees motivated and healthy, to assure successful team functioning, and to be able to manage all of this in order to secure organizational performance. Experts and some of their topics: • Dr. TanjaBipp (personality & work, work motivation & performance) • Prof.dr. Eva Demerouti (positive organizational behavior, engagement) • Dr. JosetteGevers (team functioning; individual temporal differences) • Prof. dr. Jan de Jonge (job stress; health; creativity; counter productivity) • Dr.ir. Ad Kleingeld (work motivation; goals and feedback; training) • Dr. Sonja Rispens (interpersonal & intrateam conflict; leadership; deviance) See mentor profiles for complete overview of research interests and master thesis topics / Human Performance Management
Managing work Focus of this research topic is on how to manage work processes within organizations. It deals with questions about the design of the elements of performance management systems, task strategies, problem-solving, planning and control processes. Experts and some of their topics: • Dr. TanjaBipp (personnel selection instruments, work design and job crafting) • Prof.dr. Eva Demerouti (job crafting, role of individual in implementation of innovations ) • Dr. Frans van Eijnatten (socio-technical redesign; self-managed teams) • Dr. JosetteGevers (time management, crisis management, deadlines) • Prof. dr. Jan de Jonge (innovative office designs, job (re-) design) • Dr.ir. Ad Kleingeld (performance management systems) See mentor profiles for complete overview of research interests and master thesis topics / Human Performance Management
Managing change Within this key topic the focus is on how ill-designed operational processes (including structure and culture) can be redesigned and restructured to give people better opportunities to contribute. Experts: • Dr. Frans van Eijnatten (transformative change of organizational structures and cultures) • Prof.dr. Jan de Jonge (job redesign, recoverystructures) See mentor profiles for complete overview of research interests and master thesis topics / Human Performance Management
MTP focus of HPM mentors / Human Performance Management
Relevant for OML and IM Improving decision-making in technical improvement teams through work crafting (S. Verkuilen (Van Eijnatten), Dutch Manufacturing Firm) P. van Erven (Gevers), Catharina Hospital Eindhoven Development of the Critical Teamwork Competence Questionnaire (W. Venrooij (Bipp), TNO Defense, Security & Safety) The relation between creativity & innovation and task performance (L. v. Luijtelaar (De Jonge), Royal BAM group) Improving the diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancer through the development of a statistical detection model (G. Jansen (Kleingeld), Catharina Hospital Eindhoven) / Human Performance Management
2 3 2 Availablepositionsfor start in Feb 2012 (IM + OML) Jan de Jonge Eva Demerouti Frans van Eijnatten 3 3 3 2 Sonja Rispens Tanja Bipp Ad Kleingeld JosetteGevers / Human Performance Management
IM - Master courses HPM • Human Aspects of Product Development and Quality (1JM05/1JM06, Gevers/Bipp) = compulsory at least 2 Human Performance in Innovative Organization (1JM26/1JM27, Van Eijnatten, recommended for IM track ‘New Product Development’) Designing Effective Performance Management Systems (1JM21, Kleingeld) Performance Enhancement (1JM10/1JM11, all HPM mentors) New elective course 2011/2012 / Human Performance Management
OML - Master courses HPM Designing Effective Performance Management Systems (1JM21, Kleingeld) Human Performance in Innovative Organizations (1JM26/1JM27, Van Eijnatten) Human Aspects of Product Development and Quality (1JM05/1JM06, Gevers/Bipp) New elective course 2011/2012 • Performance Enhancement (1JM10/1JM11, all HPM mentors) =compulsory at least 2 9 / Human Performance Management
Endorsements • Marijn van Loon (completed his HPM master thesis project September 2010) • Stijn Verkuilen (completed his HPM master thesis project in February 2010) WMV files on http://onderwijs.ieis.tue.nl/en/ie/master-im/1/all/mentor-selection / Human Performance Management
Want to meet the mentor Of yourchoice? • Contact the secretariat of HPM via email: hpm@tue.nl, indicating which potential mentor(s) you would like to talk to. • The HPM secretary will arrange appointments for you. • In preparation of the appointment(s) please provide the potential mentor(s) with: information about why you are interested in him/her, your Curriculum Vitae, and a list of courses you have completed (incl. grades and number of attempts) and are currently taking. / Human Performance Management
Hand-out • Mentors and Master Thesis topics • HPM courses in the master program • Three examples of recent Master Thesis Projects • Some examples of possible future master thesis projects • HPM graduates, their projects and current jobs / Human Performance Management