Post-doc on Meaning and decision making of managers in Smart Industry; NWO-funded project ‘Smart skills @ Scale’
Universiteit Twente
- Enschede, Overijssel
- € 3.226-5.090 per maand
- Vast
- Voltijds
based on full-time€ 3,226 - € 5,090Deadline5 May 2024The Dutch industry needs a skilled workforce to keep up with and contribute to digital and green transitions. Currently, implementing new technology is often seen as complex, as this also affects the production processes and way of working. This might result in managers either jumping to solutions (without fully understanding the implications) or postponing or refraining from engaging in the development of their business. Managers and entrepreneurs therefore need to become action-intelligent and co-design with their production workers production systems for worker-technology symbiosis.To support managers in their decision making around Smart Industry, we need to gain insight into how managers make meaning of the Industry 5.0 transition, what subsequent decisions are made and how these processes can be optimised. This allows managers to create and implement more successful strategies for their own organisation's development alongside core values such as human-centricity, sustainability, and resilience and, in this way, provide the foundation for developing Smart production systemsAs a Post-doc researcher in this project, your job is to
- Design and conduct longitudinal qualitative case studies to better understand how managers make meaning of the Industry 5.0 transition, and how this influences their decision making.
- Design and conduct interventions to support managers' meaning- and decision-making processes to facilitate more successful organizational change.
- Work independently on your own research, while remaining in close relation with other researchers in the project team as well as with stakeholders and professionals of the involved learning communities.
- Report and present your findings for both scientific and non-scientific audiences (e.g., at scientific conferences, in journal publications, or during workshops with practitioners).
- have expertise or demonstrable interest in meaning making processes, decision making and organizational change;
- have strong methodological knowledge (qualitative; process research);
- have experience with field research and longitudinal designs;
- have an interest in the challenges related to industry 5.0, with a focus on human capital rather than technical matters;
- have good social and communication skills in academic as well as non-academic contexts;
- are fluent in English and able to understand and communicate in Dutch (data collection will be in Dutch);
- have excellent writing skills;
- are willing and have proven ability to work independently, but also to collaborate with a team and relevant stakeholders.
- A minimum 2-year post-doc (or junior researcher) position (0.7-1 fte), starting September of October 2024.
- There are options to extend the contract in length with funding from a related research project.
- The gross salary is in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU) € 3.226,- to € 5.090,- per month for a fulltime position, depending on experience.
- On top of this, you receive a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
- We offer excellent auxiliary terms of employment, such as professional and personal development programs;
- a secondary remuneration package;
- a dynamic environment with enthusiastic colleagues;
- an organization focusing on internationalization;
- a high degree of responsibility and independence.
- a cover letter (in English or Dutch) which explains your interest in the position and your qualifications for it;
- a curriculum vitae;
- a copy of your PhD-thesis or, if it is not yet available, an outline and summary of your thesis and one of your scientific papers.
Assistant ProfessorPost - Hubers, M.D. (Mireille)
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