Faculty & Research

Maas, Prof.Dr A.J.J.A.

Prof. Dr Alexander Maas

Room	T8-12
Tel.	+31 (0) 10 4081942
	+31 (0) 10 4081980
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E-mail	amaas@rsm.nl

Employment history and current positions:

Professor at endowed Chair Humanising of Care, University for Humanistics, Utrecht, 2007-present
Associate Professor Organizational Change and Social Integration, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, 1990-present
Assistant Professor Organizational development, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1984 – 1990
Assistant Professor Organizational development, University of Delft/IIB, 1983-1984
Researcher, University of Delft/IIB, 1976-1983.
Degrees received: PhD in Organizational Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1988; MSc in Business Administration, University of Delft/IIB, 1976; BA in Sociology, University of Tilburg, 1974.

Fields of Interest:

Change in nursing homes and health care sector
Storytelling as diagnostic and intervention methodology
Change & Organization: Configuration theory in practice
Relational or collaborative practices (how to activate the relationship between academics and practitioners in a practical case situation?)
Social integration issues and negotiation
Conflict handling and mediation
Changes in the field of interim management
Producing differences as methodology (in actual situations)
Paramethod to look at relevant discussions in Organisational and Change Studies

Alexander has published and (co-) edited several books and articles in Dutch and in English, in the fields of Organisation Studies and Change Studies (see below). Social constructionist theory and methodology development, Organizational studies, and Change Studies are his primary research interests.

His current research and practice interest include storytelling, and changes and innovations in the life and care of older people. Alexander is an associate member of US-based TAOS, a community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the social processes essential for the construction of reason, knowledge, and human value. Besides, he is an active member of MOPAN, the international research forum for multi organisational partnerships and networks. He loves teaching in various graduate (Business Administration, Change) and post-graduate programmes (Information Documentation Management, Public Controlling, and Executive Change Management). His (MA) course titles of interest are: Theories on Change – Differences and Similarities, Cross-Cultural Management Euro-India Relationships (at EUR), Introduction to Organization, Change & Intervention (at UvH). He is and has been active as consultant, reflective practitioner as well as mediator in actual change processes in the public and private domain in the Netherlands.

Away from the university, Alexander has three wonderful children and is a serious photographer. He and his wife, Kitty, are caring cat owners, serious bikers, and devoted parents!

Selected Books (in Dutch)

Maas, A.J.J.A. (2004). Op weg naar Professionalisering [Towards Professionalization, a mirror for interim managers]. Assen: Van Gorcum.
Dongen, H.J. van, W.A.M. de Laat & A.J.J.A. Maas (1996). Een kwestie van verschil [A Matter of difference: about conflicthandling, negotiation and change in a configurative integration theory]. Delft; Eburon.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (1988). Ongedefinieerde ruimten [Undefined social spaces : social-symbolic configurations]. Ph.D Thesis. Delft: Eburon.[English summary]

Book Chapters (in English)

Maas, A.J.J.A. (2003). A paramethodical perspective of the paradigm debate, pp. 753-757. in: J. Biberman & A. Alkhafaji (2003). Business Research Yearbook, Global Business Perspectives, Volume X, 2003. Saline, Mich: McNaughton & Gunn, IABD.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2003). Partnering in Mainport Rotterdam: Contexts, processes, and decision-making around the Second Maasvlakte, pp. 277-289. in: C. M. Scott and W.E. Thurston (2003). Collaboration in Context. University of Calgary: Institute for Gender Research & Health Promotion Research Group.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2003), ‘Towards a Interdisciplinary Perspective on Multi-organizational Collaboration and Collaborating’, in P. Hibbert (ed.) (2003) Co-creating Emergent Insight Multi-organizational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks, pp. 75-82?. Glasgow: University from Strathclyde.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2005). ‘Managing differences in Coalitions and Collisions’, in: T. Gössling, R.J.G. Jansen en L.A.G. Oerlemans, Coalitions and Collisions, 13-24, Nijmegen: Wolf.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2006b), Getting Fused? Not always Amused! Not merging as a theme’, in: N. Gould (Ed.). Engagement, pp. 49-58, Extere, Devon: Short Run.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2003). Towards an Interdisciplinary Perspective on Multi/Organizational Collaboration and Collaborating, pp. 228/236. in: P. Hibbert (2003). Co-creating Emergent Insights: Multi-organizational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks. Glasgow: Graduate School of Business University of Strathclyde.

Book Chapters (in Dutch)

Maas, A.J.J.A. (2001). Van Profielen naar Professionalisering van interim managers [From Profiles to professionalization of interim managers], blz. 47-70. In: ORM. Interim management: verleden, heden en toekomst. Assen: Van Gorcum.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2001). Open kaart spelen [Playing open cards], blz. 97-118. In: ORM. Interim management: verleden, heden en toekomst. Assen: Van Gorcum.
Craps, M. & Maas, A.J.J.A. (2006), Sociaal-constructionistische reflecties over professionele expertise, doorleefde ervaring e driepoligheid in organiseerprocessen, in: Hovelynck, J., De Weerdt, S. de, & Dewulf, A. (red.). Relationeel organiseren: samen leren en werken in en tussen organisaties.

Articles (in English)

Maas, A.J.J.A., E.M. Manschot & A.J. Roodink (2001). We make sense of all that Jazz: Mapping in Social Contexts. Career Development International, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 370-377.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2006a), Organizational Studies: (not-) Smothering each other as a Behavioural Strategy, Critical Perspectives on International Business, 2/3, pp. 208-219.
Maas, Alexander J J A. (2006c), Teaching and Learning as Conversations and Research: Transgressing the Usual Research Experience [online]. In: APROS 11: Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies 11th International Colloquium; pages: 54-64. Melbourne: RMIT Publishing, 2005. Availability: [cited 18 Dec 06].
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2006d) Multiple melodious worlds: harmony and change, Revue Sciences de Gestion
Maas, A.J.J.A., Stravers, J.H. & Baar, F.P.M. (to be published). Using Knowledge-as-inquiry to motivate change. Retrospectively recognising ‘moments of change’ in a relational practice. In: C. Steyaert & B. van Looy (Eds.)

Articles (in Dutch)

Maas, A.J.J.A. (2004). ‘Hoe professioneel zijn interim managers’, Consultant, 2004(4), blz. 26-29.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2004) ‘OS: elkaar uit de weg gaan als nieuwe communicatie-strategie?’, Filosofie in bedrijf, jg 16, 2-3, blz. 108-117.

Papers (to be published, English & Dutch)

Maas, A.J.J.A. (2007), Change Studies – an overview. Paper. Rotterdam: EUR/RSM.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2007), Veranderen – analyse van verschil en haar consequenties. Paper. Rotterdam: EUR/RSM.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2007), Community sourcing: reflecting on globalization and glocalization – combining best of both worlds?, Paper at the 12th APROS Conference Challenging in Organising and managing in rapidly emerging economies, MDI, Gurgaon, December 9-12, 2007.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2008). Naar een verhalende methodologie, Paper. Rotterdam: EUR/RSM.
Maas, A.J.J.A. (2008). Storying around – research in a storytelling perspective, Paper at the 15th MOPAN Conference Collaborative Innovation and Change, Boston, June 25-27, 2008.

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