Professor Yvonne Beach
Management School
Associate Dean for Internationalisation and Accreditation
Chair in Management Education
+44 114 222 3334
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Management School
Western Bank Villa
300-302 Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
- Profile
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As Associate Dean for Internationalisation and Accreditation, Yvonne is responsible for the development of the School's Internationalisation Strategy and its triple-crown accreditation (AMBA, EQUIS & AACSB).
Yvonne has significant experience as a senior project manager delivering strategic projects and managing a portfolio of continuous improvement and organisation change projects which drive through the necessary changes to deliver strategic intent whilst focused on stakeholders.
Yvonne delivers guest lectures, coaching and consultancy with organisations within and outside Higher Education.
- Research interests
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My research interests are located in project studies with a particular interest in complex organisational change projects with a focus on socio-political dynamics. Title of DBA thesis: On the politics of change in academia: Projects as negotiated and contested spaces (2021)
- Publications
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Conference proceedings papers
- Socio-political Dynamics in the Pre-initiation Phase of Organisational Change Projects: Approaching Projects as a Contested and Negotiated Space. Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 100 (pp 298-304) View this article in WRRO
- The Socio-political dynamics and complexity of organisational change projects: A research agenda. Project Managemement Development - Practice and Perspectives. University of Latvia, 14 April 2016 - 15 April 2016. View this article in WRRO
- Transforming the boundaries of project management: A critique of disciplinary assumptions and mental traps. Thriving in Turbulent times, 6 September 2016 - 8 September 2016. View this article in WRRO
- Socio-political Dynamics in the Pre-initiation Phase of Organisational Change Projects: Approaching Projects as a Contested and Negotiated Space. Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 100 (pp 298-304) View this article in WRRO
- Research group
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Affiliated member of Organization Studies (OS)
- Professional activities
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Invited speaker
Beach, Y. Chartered Association of Business Schools Directors of Education ‘The Challenges of attracting and retaining clients, participants and students during the crisis’.
Invited Speaker
Beach, Y (University of Sheffield) & Anderson M (Boston University). AACSB Associate Dean Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana (November 2019). ‘Managing when change is the only constant’.
- Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Certified Lean Practitioner