Technological developments go fast and are interrelated and multi-interpretable. As consumer needs change, the technological possibilities to meet those needs are constantly evolving and new technology providers introduce new disruptive business models. This makes it difficult to predict what the world of tomorrow will look like for an organization and that makes the risks for organizations substantial. In this context, it is difficult for organizations to determine what constitutes a good strategy to adopt digital developments. This paper describes a first step of a study with the objective to design a method for organizations to formulate a future-proof strategy in a rapidly changing, complex and ambiguous context. More specifically, this paper describes the results of a sequence of three focus groups that were held with a group of eight experts, with extensive experience as members of the decision making unit in organizations. The objectives of these sessions were to determine possible solutions for the outlined challenge in order to provide direction for continuation and scoping of the following research phases.
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10/17/2021
The aim of the research reported in this thesis was to gain knowledge about the implementation of evidence‐based practice (EBP) in nursing to find a way to integrate shared decision making (SDM) with EBP in a chronic care environment in nursing, and to develop a strategy for an integrated approach of EBP and SDM in daily nursing practice in the individual aftercare for cancer survivors.
This study explores the evaluation of research pathways of self-management health innovations from discovery to implementation in the context of practice-based research. The aim is to understand how a new process model for evaluating practice-based research provides insights into the implementation success of innovations. Data were collected from nine research projects in the Netherlands. Through document analysis and semi-structured interviews, we analysed how the projects start, evolve, and contribute to the healthcare practice. Building on previous research evaluation approaches to monitor knowledge utilization, we developed a Research Pathway Model. The model’s process character enables us to include and evaluate the incremental work required throughout the lifespan of an innovation project and it helps to foreground that innovation continues during implementation in real-life settings. We found that in each research project, pathways are followed that include activities to explore a new solution, deliver a prototype and contribute to theory. Only three projects explored the solution in real life and included activities to create the necessary changes for the solutions to be adopted. These three projects were associated with successful implementation. The exploration of the solution in a real-life environment in which users test a prototype in their own context seems to be a necessary research activity for the successful implementation of self-management health innovations.
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Samen met regionale partners werkt de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) aan innovatieve oplossingen voor maatschappelijke uitdagingen in de metropoolregio Amsterdam. Een internationaal perspectief biedt een toegevoegde waarde aan het vinden en implementeren van deze oplossingen. De HvA heeft daarom de ambitie van een grote deelname in Europese onderzoeksconsortia, met een rol als penvoerder op de middellange termijn. De HvA heeft de afgelopen jaren geïnvesteerd in strategie, netwerken en een ondersteuningsinfrastructuur. In 2020 is het HvA EU-Coördinatieteam gestart. Binnen deze groep wordt informatie gedeeld over aankomende EU subsidiecalls en de EU beleidsagenda. Om een volgende stap te kunnen maken richting meer volwassenheid in het EU acquisitieproces, wordt gewerkt aan de volgende vier doelstellingen: 1) Deelname in succesvolle onderzoeksconsortia, 2) Professionalisering back-office (Horizon Readiness), 3) Meer samenwerking HvA breed en 4) Gerichtere ontwikkeling EU projectportfolio. De veelheid aan netwerken, in relatie tot CoE’s, faculteiten en ook op persoonlijke level van lectoren en andere onderzoekers, biedt een groot potentieel. In dit project worden deze netwerken beter in kaart gebracht en intern gedeeld, opdat zij strategischer kunnen worden benut. Voor het halen van deze doelstellingen werken verschillende HvA organisatieonderdelen in 5 werkpakketten samen: Verdieping werkzaamheden EU-Coördinatieteam door ophalen internationale best practices; HvA EU-Community en netwerk; Professionalisering door het ontwikkelen en geven van trainingen; Strategie (Jaarplan en Actieplan) en Disseminatie nationaal (SIA netwerk) en internationaal (EARMA). Er zal een ondersteuner worden geworven voor deze activiteiten.
