Strikwerda obtained his Bachelor in applied mathematics at the University of Groningen in 1976, and in 1979 his Master of Business Administration at the Inter-Faculty of Business Administration in Delft, now Rotterdam School of Management. In 1994 he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Tilburg with the thesis, entitled "Organisatie-advisering, Wetenschap en Pragmatisme" (Organizational consulting: science and pragmatism)" under supervision of John Rijsman.
After his graduation in Delft Strikwerda started his career in several positions at the Dutch Government, and was business consultant at the Philips Electronics from 1998 to 1994. In 1995 he started as founded the Nolan Norton Institute, a management consultancy firm, and in 1996 he was appointed Professor of Organization and Change at the University of Amsterdam. In 2005 he was elected most influential management consultant in the Netherlands.
The concept of the multidimensional organization has been written about by a number of authors (Ackoff, 1977.
Ackoff, 1994; Galbraith, 2005. Prahalad, 1980; Prahalad & Doz, 1979.
Reber & Strehl, 1988). However none of the other publications on organization forms, especially Williamson (1985) do mention the multidimensional organization (and neither of the so much discussed matrix-organization).
Apparently the concept of the multidimensional organization has got lost in the literature.
Strikwerda however conclude, that the "The rediscovery of the multidimensional organization, including an understanding of its working, first of all provides entrepreneurs, executives, managers, workers and investors with new opportunities to pursue opportunities and to create wealth.".
