Martinus (Martin) Op 't Land (born 1959) is a Dutch organizational theorist, consultant and Professor of

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at the

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and at

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, known for his contributions in the field of Enterprise Architecture.

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, and

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. ''Architecture Principles''. Vol. 4. Springer, 2011.

Education

Op 't Land received his Propedeuse in Chemistry in 1979 at the

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, and also his MSc in Mathematics in 1984. Later in 2008 he received his

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from the

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with a thesis titled "Applying architecture and ontology to the splitting and allying of enterprises" under supervision of

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Career

Op 't Land started his career as consultant in 1985 at

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(acquired by

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in 1992), where he became Principal Consultant and Certified Global Architect. Over the years he has consulted organizations in the field of architecture such as

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, ICTU (Dutch E-government), and the

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. In 2011 he was appointed as Professor of Enterprise Engineering at the

. His research interest is in the field of "coherently (re)shaping organisation and information of extended enterprises in splits, mergers and alliances".

Publications

Op 't Land has authored and co-authored numerous publications in his field of expertise. Books: * Op 't Land, Martin.
Applying Architecture and Ontology to the Splitting and Allying of Enterprises
'. (2008). * Op 't Land, Martin, ed.
Enterprise Architecture - Creating Value by Informed Governance
'. (Springer, 2009).

Articles

* Op 't Land, Martin, and

.
Impact of Principles on Enterprise Engineering
" ''ECIS''. 2007. *

References

External links

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