This paper aims to offer a critical reflection on the way Talent Management (TM) is investigated in practice, by addressing the key issues regarding the quality (in terms of rigor and relevance) of academic empirical TM research and therefore the critical scrutiny of TM scholars’ work. We will argue that despite the growth in the quantity, the quality of many empirical TM papers is lagging behind and hindering the progress of the academic field of TM.
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Practice-oriented research is scientific research that is conducted with the primary goal to realize practical impact in relevant work fields. It shares with academic research the necessity to design and conduct the research in a methodologically sound way. It differs from typical academic research in the sense that academic research is on average more theory driven. The term "scientific" means that practice-oriented research, like academic research, has to conform to contextually relevant demands of reliability and validity. Accordingly, good practice-oriented research is research that conforms to relevant methodological demands and is useful to practitioners. Moreover, just like academic research, practice-oriented research should be in line with ethical standards. There is no single valid practice-oriented research method.
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Renewable energy, particularly offshore wind turbines, plays a crucial role in the Netherlands' and EU energy-transition-strategies under the EU Green Deal. The Dutch government aims to establish 75GW offshore wind capacity by 2050. However, the sector faces human and technological challenges, including a shortage of maintenance personnel, limited operational windows due to weather, and complex, costly logistics with minimal error tolerance. Cutting-edge robotic technologies, especially intelligent drones, offer solutions to these challenges. Smaller drones have gained prominence through applications identifying, detecting, or applying tools to various issues. Interest is growing in collaborative drones with high adaptability, safety, and cost-effectiveness. The central practical question from network partners and other stakeholders is: “How can we deploy multiple cooperative drones for maintenance of wind turbines, enhancing productivity and supporting a viable business model for related services?” This is reflected in the main research question: "Which drone technologies need to be developed to enable collaborative maintenance of offshore wind turbines using multiple smaller drones, and how can an innovative business model be established for these services? In collaboration with public and private partners, Saxion, Hanze, and RUG will research the development of these collaborative drones and investigate the technology’s potential. The research follows a Design Science Research methodology, emphasizing solution-oriented applied research, iterative development, and rigorous evaluation. Key technological building blocks to be developed: • Morphing drones, • Intelligent mechatronic tools, • Learning-based adaptive interaction controllers and collaborations. To facilitate the sustainable industrial uptake of the developed technologies, appropriate sustainable business models for these technologies and services will be explored. The project will benefit partners by enhancing their operations and business. It will contribute to renewing higher professional education and may lead to the creation of spin-offs/spinouts which bring this innovative technology to the society, reinforcing the Netherlands' position as a leading knowledge economy.
Fouten durven maken is kenmerkend voor creatief gedrag van leerlingen, zo blijkt uit onze literatuurstudie: “Een (school)brede benadering voor het bevorderen van creatief denken”. (a) Creativiteit is een essentiële denkvaardigheid die universeel en cruciaal is voor effectief en succesvol leren en belangrijk is voor de toekomst van kinderen (DfEE & QCA, 1999; Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2018; Skiba, Tan, Sternberg, & Grigorenko, 2010; Duffy, 2006; Csikszentmihalyi, 2013; Ministerie van Onderwijs Cultuur en Wetenschap & Ministerie van Economische Zaken, 2015). De aanleiding voor deze literatuurstudie was dat veel leraren creativiteitsontwikkeling van leerlingen zien als kerntaak van het onderwijs, maar niet goed wat het inhoudt en hoe ze de creativiteit van leerlingen kunnen bevorderen (Mullet, Willersonb, Lamba, & Kettler, 2016; Plucker, Beghetto, & Dow, 2004). In alle onderzoeksvragen die ten grondslag lagen aan de literatuurstudie vonden we belang van fouten durven maken terugkomen. We kwamen het in de literatuur tegen in de definiëring van creativiteit, in de kenmerken van creatief gedrag van leerlingen in de klas en in de manieren waarop leerkrachten de creativiteit van leerlingen kunnen bevorderen. Voor ons is gaf dit de aanleiding om hier in een vervolgproduct aandacht aan te besteden.
The aim of the project is to design, test, refine and deploy a new assessment tool focusing on individual Future Literacy of students. Future Literacy is the ability to produce and process complex visions of the future and make sense thereof. FL is therefore an essential component of any 21st Century Skills set, in the sense that it focuses on the ability of students to prepare themselves for uncertainty and unexpected challenges. At present, the competing concepts of 21st Century Skills have a common denominator in the core idea of fostering personal development of "T-shaped individuals" who have depth in a particular field and breadth in their skill set and thinking. The students' individual ability to "use the future": make sense of emergent reality, deal with complex problems, make decisions based on collective intelligence, plan and prepare for the future, is as important in making educational choices as in taking educated bets concerning their professional, personal and political futures. The project outcome: a new tool for FL assessment will test the feasibility of rigorous measurement, and assessment of FL, to inform better curriculum design and methodological development.
Lectoraat, onderdeel van NHL Stenden Hogeschool
