Johannes Adrianus Petrus (Jan) Hoogervorst (born ca 1952) is a Dutch

organizational theorist Organizational theory refers to the set of interrelated concepts that involve the sociological study of the structures and operations of formal social organizations. Organizational theory also attempts to explain how interrelated units of organiz ...

, business executive, management consultant, and Professor Enterprise Governance and Enterprise Engineering at the

University of Antwerp The University of Antwerp ( nl, Universiteit Antwerpen) is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is ''UA'', but ''UAntwerpen'' is more recently used. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 stud ...

, known for his work in the field of

enterprise engineering Enterprise engineering is the body of knowledge, principles, and practices used to design all or part of an enterprise. R.E. Giachetti (2010). ''Design of Enterprise Systems: Theory, Methods, and Architecture''. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. An enterpr ...

Biography

Hoogervorst received his MA in Electrical Engineering at the Delft University of Technology in 1977. Later in 1998 he obtained his PhD in Work and Organizational Psychology at the

Vrije Universiteit The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...

in Amsterdam with a thesis entitled "Quality and customer oriented behavior : towards a coherent approach for improvement." After his graduation in Delft he started his 27 years long career at

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij Naamloze vennootschap, N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with i ...

as Manager at the Aircraft Systems Group. From 1983 to 1987 he was manager of the Avionics and Accessories Overhaul Department. In 1988 he was promoted to Vice President Aircraft Maintenance. In 1992 he became Vice President Flight Crew Training, and from 1998 to 2004 Vice President Corporate Information Strategy. Since 2005 he is management consultant at

Sogeti Sogeti is the Technology and Engineering Services Division of Capgemini. The Sogeti Group is an information technology consulting company specializing in local professional services, with headquarters in Paris, employing around 25,000 people a ...

, and since 2011 Professor Enterprise Governance and Enterprise Engineering at the

and at the

Antwerp Management School The Antwerp Management School ( nl, Antwerp Management School) is the University of Antwerp's autonomous business school. It is located in the historical center of the city of Antwerp. The school offers eight full-time master programs and more th ...

. He is also lecturer at the Delft TopTech, School of Executive Education at the

Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Delft), also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among ...

Work

Hoogervorst's research interests are in the field of

and enterprise governance. With his work he is aiming to "provide an overarching multidisciplinary perspective to integrate and unify insights from the traditional organisational sciences into an overall enterprise design perspective."

Publications

Hoogervorst authored and co-authored several publications in the field of enterprise engineering.Jan Hoogervorst
at Google Scholar. Books, a selection: * 1998. ''Quality and customer oriented behavior : towards a coherent approach for improvement : organizational culture, management practices, structures and systems, description and measurement of relationships''. Delft : Eburon. * 2007. ''Enterprise governance & architectuur : corporate, IT en enterprise governance in samenhangend perspectief''. Den Haag : Academic Service Articles, a selection: * Hoogervorst, Jan AP, Paul L. Koopman, and

Henk van der Flier Hendrik (Henk) van der Flier (born 1945) is a Dutch psychologist, and Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and at its Kurt Lewin Institute (KLI), known for his work on comparability of psychological te ...

. "Human resource strategy for the new ICT-driven business context." International Journal of Human Resource Management 13.8 (2002): 1245-1265. * Hoogervorst, J. A. N.
Enterprise architecture: Enabling integration, agility and change
" International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems 13.03 (2004): 213-233. * Hoogervorst, Jan,

, and Paul Koopman.
Implicit communication in organisations: The impact of culture, structure and management practices on employee behaviour
" Journal of Managerial Psychology 19.3 (2004): 288-311.

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at antwerpmanagementschool.be {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoogervorst, Jan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Dutch electrical engineers Dutch business theorists Dutch business executives Enterprise modelling experts Delft University of Technology alumni Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology Academic staff of the University of Antwerp