GITP (Gemeenschappelijk Instituut voor Toegepaste Psychologie) is a HRD consultancy firm, founded in 1947 in collaboration with the

Nijmegen University Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century D ...

and the Tilburg School of Economics (Netherlands). Founders were Professor Dr. Theo Rutten (Dutch Minister of Education in 1948–1952) and Professor Jan de Quay (Dutch Prime Minister in 1959–1963). Their objective was to contribute to economic restructuring of the Netherlands after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

employing the most modern scientific insights, based on the philosophy that the right man or woman must be at the right job. A key contribution to achieve this came from the

Marshall Plan The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred over $13 billion (equivalent of about $ in ) in economic re ...

, which provided funds. Nowadays, GITP studies how people and organisations can function effectively in ever more complex and demanding social and business economy environments and provides solutions for

good governance Good governance is the process of measuring how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources and guarantee the realization of human rights in a manner essentially free of abuse and corruption and with due regard for th ...

and healthy

labor relations Labor relations is a field of study that can have different meanings depending on the context in which it is used. In an international context, it is a subfield of labor history that studies the human relations with regard to work in its broadest ...

, lifelong

learning Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, value (personal and cultural), values, attitudes, and preferences. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals, and some machine learning, machines ...

and finding, retaining and developing talent
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are core business of the company. It has clients in profit, non-profit and government sectors: Dutch midcap players who expand globally as well as international organizations who are looking for HR consultancy in

the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

People

* Professor Dr. Theo Rutten * Professor Jan de Quay *

Ron Steens Ronaldus "Ron" Franciscus Johannes Steens (born 18 June 1952) is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch National Team that finished sixth in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Eight yea ...

References

{{reflist Human resource management consulting firms Management consulting firms of the Netherlands