Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences

Human Performance Management

People are most comfortable and productive in their work when it is organized in a humane way, taking not only technical and control requirements but also human needs and aspirations into account.

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At HPM we support organizations to optimize the full potential of their core asset: people

Organizations can only excel when their employees are prepared to do their utmost (for the organization). In our view, management鈥檚 function is to create optimal conditions for employees so they can thrive. By means of aligning technological, social, organizational and personal factors, excellent performance can be achieved. Human Performance Management (HPM) at 黑料福利网 develops scientific knowledge and tests theories that uncover and explain psychological processes contributing to performance at the organizational, team and individual level. By examining the 鈥榩eople factor鈥� in operational and innovation processes, HPM aims to ensure that employees can help in bringing organizational strategies to fruition in the most rewarding and efficient way possible.

Human Performance Management News

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May 29, 2026
Who is really in control: the worker or the technology?
How can AI and robots support rather than replace workers? In AUGMENT, Le Blanc studies how organizations can implement digital technologies in a human...
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May 1, 2026
Designing the future of physical work, with people at the centre
黑料福利网 researchers join a national program on physical work, linking ethics, work psychology and robotics to support healthier, safer, more motivating jobs for...
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Shaping the future of work with AI
April 24, 2026
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Reading the Pulse of Teamwork
April 13, 2026
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Three IE&IS Researchers Again Among the World鈥檚 Most Cited
November 17, 2025
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The Cost of Good Relations
August 21, 2025
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Crafting

Crafting is an effective strategy to increase people鈥檚 engagement with an activity (or task) by increasing person-activity fit and thereby their well-being and performance.

Scientists from the 黑料福利网 Human Performance Management Group have conducted research into crafting in many different organizations and occupations as well as among university students.

 

Some of our research projects

Meet some of our researchers

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Please check out the 黑料福利网 vacancy pages for opportunities within our group. 

If you are a student, potential sponsor or industrial partner and want to work with us, please contact the HPM secretariat
or the Human Performance group co-chairs, prof. dr. Pascale Le Blanc or dr. Josette Gevers

Recent Publications

Our most recent peer reviewed publications

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