Sytse Wybren Douma (born 1942) is a Dutch
organizational theorist,
consultant
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Consulting servi ...
and Emeritus Professor at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management of the
Tilburg University, known for his work with
Hein Schreuder on "Economic approaches to organizations".
Biography
Born and raised in
Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of th ...
, Douma attended the
Gymnasium of Leeuwarden, and in 1967 received his MA in
applied mathematics
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from the
University of Groningen
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.
Douma started his career in 1969 as management consultant at the Dutch consultancy firm Berenschot. From 1974 to 1979 he headed the department of financial services of the private bank
MeesPierson. In 1977 he return to the academic world as Associate Professor at the
Interfaculteit Bedrijfskunde, where he received his PhD. From 1974 to 1977 he was Professor of
Business economics at the
Open University
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, and from 1987 to 2007 Professor Organization of the Enterprise at the
Tilburg University. From 2003 to 2007 he was Dean of the Faculty of Technology Management at the Eindhoven University of Technology.
Douma's research interests are in the field of business strategy and economical organization theory. He wrote about nine books and about 90 articles on these topics.
[Sytse Douma (2007). ''Met of zonder baas?''. Afscheidscollege Uitgesproken op 21 september 2007 aan de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.]
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Publications
Books:
* 1979. ''Lineaire programmering als hulpmiddel bij de besluitvorming''. 's-Gravenhage : Academic service.
* 1981. ''Ondernemingsfinanciering en de financiële steun door de overheid aan individuele ondernemingen in moeilijkheden''. Leiden ; Antwerpen : Stenfert Kroese.
* 1984. ''Concurrentie: analyse en strategie''. Met
Herman Daems. Deventer : Kluwer.
* 1991. ''Economic Approaches to organizations''. 5e editie (2012). Met
Hein Schreuder.
* 1992. ''Analyse van een fusie : strategische, financieel-economische en juridische aspecten van de fusie tussen Nationale-Nederlanden en de NMB Postbank Groep''. Met H.G. Barkema en B.T.M. Steins Bisschop. Schoonhoven : Academic Service, Economie en Bedrijfskunde
* 1993. ''Ondernemingsstrategie''. Met
Harry Commandeur. Deventer : Kluwer Bedrijfswetenschappen.
* 1994. ''Basisboek bedrijfskunde : een inleiding in management en ondernemerschap'' (red.). Schoonhoven : Academic Service, Economie en Bedrijfskunde
References
External links
Prof. dr. S.W. (Sytse) Doumaaan Tilburg University
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1942 births
Living people
Dutch business theorists
Dutch economists
Eindhoven University of Technology faculty
Tilburg University faculty
People from Leeuwarden
University of Groningen alumni