Serving as the head of a major business school, there are a lot of moving parts and things to consider. Desautels Dean Yolande E. Chan joins Isabelle Mass茅 of La Presse to discuss what led her to Montreal, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the workplace, how business schools play a role in preparing students to adapt to an ever-changing world, and the importance of entrepreneurship in business education curricula.
Authors: Nad猫ge Levallet and Yolande E. Chan
Publication: European Journal of Information Systems, Forthcoming
Abstract:
Congratulations to聽Yolande E. Chan,聽along with her AMCIS - Americas Conference on Information Systems 2021 co-chair Professor Maric Boudreau, for winning a 2021 Association for Information Systems (AIS) Technology VISION Award. The Technology Awards are given annually to those in the Information Systems community who have made significant contributions to the development of AIS.
Throughout her decades of service in academia and administration, Dean Yolande Chan has been a stalwart champion for designing and implementing equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives across Canadian universities. She is committed to enabling every student, regardless of background or identity, to thrive at 捆绑SM社区 Desautels and find their unique place in the world.
Digital technologies today are highly generic and highly specific at the same time 鈥 even a mobile phone is also a translator, a map and an entertainment system 鈥 complicating the design of organizational strategy. In the latest episode of the Delve podcast, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management and James 捆绑SM社区 Professor Yolande Chan discusses a 鈥渄igital ecodynamics鈥 approach to organizational strategy, where technology is at the core of strategy from the start.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Dr. Yolande E. Chan has spent the past 30 years in Kingston, Ontario, where until recently, she served as Associate Dean of Research, PhD and MSc Programs, and the E. Marie Shantz Chair of Digital Technology at Smith School of Business at Queen鈥檚 University. Now, she is bringing her considerable talents and experience to 捆绑SM社区 as she begins a five-year, renewable term as Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management.
Congratulations to incoming Dean Yolande E. Chan for receiving the James 捆绑SM社区 Professor award and to Professor聽Robert Nason聽for receiving the William Dawson Scholar award!
These awards are given internally each year by 捆绑SM社区's Provost for outstanding world-class scholarship and research excellence.
June 18, 2021
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