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Jan in 't Veld (16 December 1925 – 27 January 2005) was a Dutch aerospace engineer and professor of industrial organization at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Technical University of Delft. In the Netherlands he was one of the pioneers of the application of systems theory in business administration and management.〔Ten Haaf, W., H. Bikker, and D. J. Adriaanse. ''Fundamentals of business engineering and management.'' Delft: Delft University Press, 2002.〕 == Biography == Born in Rotterdam to Joris in 't Veld, former minister and one of the founders of the management sciences in the Netherlands, In 't Veld studied aeronautical engineering at the Technical University of Delft from 1945 to May 1951. He received his Engineering Degree with a thesis on strength calculations . In 1950 In 't Veld joined Fokker, where he worked as production manager at the Fokker F-27. From 1963 to 1968 he was production director, and directed the production of the Fokker F28. From 1968 to 1993 he was Professor of Industrial Organisation at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. Together with Pierre Malotaux he developed a specific system approach to organizational problems, called the Delft Systems Approach.〔Hans P. M. Veeke, Jaap A. Ottjes and Gabriël Lodewijks (2008). ''The Delft Systems Approach: Analysis and Design of Industrial Systems.'' Springer. p. viii〕 After his emeritation In 't Veld is succeedded by Henk Bikker, who held his inaguration speech May 1995.〔"(Bedrijven moeten af van het hokjesdenken )," in: ''Delta,'' (27), nr. 18. 1 juni 1995.〕 In 't Veld has held several directorships, including at Oldelft (now Thales Group), Ferro Holland and Gouda Refractories. From 1976 to 1992 he was also a citizen curator of the Royal Military Academy in Breda, and from 1993 to 2000 he was program leader of the TSM Business School. In 1990 he received the Conrad's Premium of the Koninklijk Instituut Van Ingenieurs (KIVI), for his contributions to the engineering sciences and their application. In 2003 he received BAAA Award of the KIVI NIRIA division of Business Administration, and in 2004 they appointed him honorable member. In 't Veld was married to the sociologist Henny Langeveld (1926–2004) Emeritus Professor of Equality Studies at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He was a lifelong avid photographer of Dutch windmills. He died in Leiden on 27 January 2005. Notable former students were Jeroen van der Veer of Shell, Gertjan Kroon of GVB Amsterdam, Jan Zaaijer former Fokker and BBA (public transport), and Bernard Dijkhuizen of Ziggo. Also Jan Bots, professor at Nyenrode Business University, Klaas Smit, former professor Maintenance Engineering at TU Delft, the inventor of the venturi turbine Rikus van der Klippe, management author Hessel Visser and research assistant L.J. (Hans) Lekkerkerk were among its alumni. == Work == In 't Veld research interests, where in the fields of systems approach to organizational problems, industrial organization and management and information.〔Veld, J., and W. A. Peeters. (1989) at sciencedirect.com, 2014. ((online ))〕 He was one of the pioneers of the application of systems theory in business administration and management, which he and others developed into the socalled Delft Systems Approach,〔 or the Delft School of Business Administration.〔Wouter ten Haaf, Henk Bikker, en Johan Adriaanse (2002), ''Fundamentals of business engineering and management: a systems approach to people and organisations'', met bijdragen van Jan in 't Veld en Pierre Malotaux, Delft: DUP Science. ISBN 90-407-2210-2. Blz v.〕〔Sjaak Priester. "(Steeds maar in de verdediging: opnieuw een streep door de 'Delftse school' )," ''Delta'' (34) nr. 11, 28-03-2002.〕 His "Analyse van organisatieproblemen" (Analysis of organizational problems) was published in eight editions between 1975 and 2002. His works has been further developed in the field of Sociotechnical system by Ulbo de Sitter.〔Rob Dekkers. ''(R)Evolution: Organizations and the Dynamics of the Environment.'' Springer Science & Business Media, 2005. p. 31.〕 === Systems concepts === In 't Veld made a specific effort in explaining and clarifying the language of the systems approach, and the different types of abstractions it holds.〔Keizer, Pieter. "(A socio-economic framework of interpretation and analysis )." International Journal of Social Economics 32.1/2 (2005): 155-173.〕 Key concepts are the system, elements, relations, reality, models, environment and process: :''A system is, depending upon the objectives as defined by the analyst, a set of clearly distinguished elements within the total reality. These elements certainly have relations amongst themselves and may have relations with other elements of the total reality, where:'' ::'' elements are the smallest entities that the 'analyst wishes to consider in his analysis;'' ::'' relations are descriptions of the coherence between these elements.'' ::'' Reality consists of an enormous number of elements and relations. Consequently, we tend to develop a concept or simplified construction so as to be able to manipulate, exercise and imitate, until the complicated reality becomes clear, understood and, preferably, controllable. These strategic aids, serving to order and analyse the chaos of information collected, are called models. ''〔In 't Veld, translated in: Peeters, W. A. ''(The appropriate use of contract types in development contracts ).'' Diss. PhD thesis, University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 1987.〕 The environment of a system is defined as follows: :''The environment of the system under consideration is composed by those elements of the universe which influence the characteristics or the values of these characteristics of the system elements, or, vice versa, are influenced by the system.''〔In 't Veld (1975, p. 11), translated and cited in: Peeters (9187, p. 99)〕 A process is defined as: :''A process is a series of transformations during transit, due to which the input element changes in place, position, shape, size, function, property or any other characteristic.''〔A.C.J. de Leeuw (2000), ''Bedrijfskundig management,'' Uitgeverij Van Gorcum, ISBN 9023235827. p.121.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan in 't Veld」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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