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Suzanne Young


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Suzanne Young
Associate Professor
Director, Executive Education
B. Com Melb, Grad Dip Mgt, MBA, Phd Deakin
s.h.young@latrobe.edu.au

 

 

Dr. Young is the Director of Executive Education and an Associate Professor at La Trobe University Graduate School of Management (GSM), where she has worked since 2005. Dr Young has been an academic for over ten years, lecturing in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs in corporate governance, management, organisational behaviour, organisational theory, employee relations, and strategic management.

As the Director of the Graduate Certificate in Corporate Responsibility at La Trobe University GSM, Dr. Young has been influential in the GSM becoming a signatory to the UN Principles of Responsible Management Education.

Dr. Young has also taught extensively in international programs including Denmark , England , Vietnam , Mongolia , Singapore and Malaysia . She has been a visiting Professor at the Copenhagen Business School , lecturing in governance and corporate responsibility, and recently presented seminars in those areas at the University of York and Cardiff University . She has also recently been a research fellow at the University of York .

As the Director of Executive Education, she is responsible for developing relationships with industry and leading research consultancies which match industry needs with academic research and expertise.

Prior to moving to the education sector she worked in accounting and finance in the public health system, and in chartered accounting, business consulting, taxation and auditing. Dr. Young has experience in a number of executive positions including finance manager, chairperson and board memberships in the health and education sectors; and in employee and employer associations.

Her research interests are in corporate governance and corporate responsibility, outsourcing, and employee relations. Current research projects include corporate governance and sustainability, entrepreneurship, outsourcing, and health sector management. Suzanne is the editor of a forthcoming book with international contributors from Italy , England and Scotland in the area of International Corporate Governance.


BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
  • Young, S. and Thyil, V., (2007), “Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Individualisation of Industrial Relations” in Abbott, K., Hearn-Mackinnon, B., Morris, L., Saville, K. & Waddell, D. (eds.) Workchoices: Evolution or Revolution, Heidelberg Press.
  • Young, S. (2007), "Outsourcing at a Rural Public Hospital" in Hitt, Black, Porter, Hanson Management pp. 261-262. Pearson Education Sydney, Australia
  • Young, S. (2005) “Outsourcing and Structural Change”. In Stanton, Willis and Young (eds) Workplace Reform in the Healthcare Industry-the Australian Experience. pp 91-111. Palgrave MacMillan
  • Willis, E., Young, S., & Stanton, P. (2005) “Health sector and Industrial Reform in Australia” In Stanton, Willis and Young (eds) Workplace Reform in the Healthcare Industry-the Australian Experience, pp 13-29. Palgrave MacMillan
  • Darbyshire, P. & Young, S., (2001), "Labour Market Flexibility in Australia during the 1990s'. R.Gough, M. Alexander & J. Doughney (eds) What's Happening at Work: Reports from the Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Surveys 1990 & 1995, Ch 10, pp. 145-64 Common Grounds Publishing Company, Altona.
BOOK REVIEW
  • Young, S., (2007) Book Review: Dave Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 45(3), pp376-377
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
  • Young, S. & Thyil, V., (2008) ‘Principles-Based Anglo Governance System is not a Science but an Art’, Corporate Ownership and Control, Vol 6, Issue 1, Fall, pp, 127-137
  • Young, S., (2008) “Outsourcing in Public Health: A Case Study of Contract Failure and its Aftermath”, Journal of Health Organization and Management, Vol 22, Issue 5, pp, 446-464.
  • Young, S. & Thyil, V., (2008) "An Holistic Model of Corporate Governance - A new research framework", Corporate Governance, Issue 8, No. 1, pp. 94-108
  • Morris, L., Stanton, P. & Young, S., 2007, “Performance Management in Higher Education - Development versus Control”, New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, Vol 32, No 2, pp 17- 31.
  • Young, S., (2007) “Outsourcing: Uncovering the Complexity of the Decision”, International Public Management Journal. Vol 10, Issue 3 July, pp. 307 – 325.
  • Young, S., (2007) "Outsourcing: Two Case Studies from the Victorian Public Health Sector", Australian Health Review,February,Vol.21 No. 1, pp. 140-149
  • Young, S., (2005), "Outsourcing in the Australian Health Sector: The Interplay of Economics and Politics", International Journal of Public Sector Management, vol. 18, no. 1, pp.25-36.
  • Stanton, P., Young, S. and Willis, E., (2003), "Financial Restraint, Budget Cuts and Outsourcing: Impact of the New Public Management of Healthcare in Victoria", Contemporary Nurse,vol. 14, issue 2, pp. 115-22.
  • Young, S,. (2003), "Outsourcing and Benchmarking in a Rural Public Hospital: Does Economic Theory Provide the Complete Answer?", International Journal of Rural and Remote Health, 3 (online), http://rrh.deakin.edu.au
  • Young, S., (2002), "Outsourcing and Downsizing: Processes of Workplace Change in Public Health", Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 13, no. 2, December pp. 244-69.
  • Pegg, M. & Young, S., (2001), "Enterprise Bargaining As An Organising Opportunity - Case Study Of A Campaign By NTEU At One University", Labour & Industry, vol. 12, no. 1, August, pp. 131-149.
  • Young, S. & Macneil, J., (2000), "When Performance Fails to Meet Expectations: Managers' Objectives for Outsourcing", Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 11, no. 1, June, pp. 136-168.
  • Young, S., (2000), "Outsourcing: Lessons from the Literature", Labour & Industry, vol. 10, no. 3, April, pp. 97-118.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
  • Young, S. and Thyil, V., (2008) (forthcoming) “Governance in Australia: Practitioners’ Perspectives”, British Academy of Management Conference 2008, September 9-11, 2008, Harrogate, UK
  • Young, S., Bartram, T., Stanton, P. and Leggat, (2008) (forthcoming) “High Performance Work Systems and Employee Attitudes: Uncovering Links”, British Academy of Management Conference 2008, September 9-11, 2008, Harrogate, UK
  • Stanton, P., Young, S., Bartram, T & Leggat, S., (2008) "Translating HRM Messages across Complex Organisations: Case Studies of the Public Sector," The Questions We Ask Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 8-13, 2008 Anaheim, California USA
  • Bartram, T., Stanton, P., Young, S. & Leggatt, S., (2008), “Building the Team: High Performance Work Practices and Employee Commitment”, AIRAANZ Conference 2008, Melbourne, vol. 1, pp. 44-51.
  • Young, S. & Thyil, (2008), “Formalised partners in Success or Marginalised Instruments for Profits? An Investigation into the Position of Employees in Governance”, AIRAANZ Conference 2008, Melbourne, vol. 1, pp. 469-480.
  • Young, S., Bartram, T., Stanton, P., Leggat, S. & Fraser, B., (2007), "The HR DepartmentS and Line Managers: Roles, Responsibilities and Resources", EURAM,16-19 May, Paris France.
  • Young, S. & Thyil, V., (2007), “Employees as a Component of Governance Models: Divergence between Rhetoric, Systems and Practice”, Proceedings of AIRAANZ Conference 2007 Diverging Employment Relations Patterns in Australia and New Zealand, February, Auckland, CD.
  • Morris, L., Stanton, P & Young, S., (2007), “Performance Management in Higher Education – The Great Divide”, Proceedings of AIRAANZ Conference 2007 Diverging Employment Relations Patterns in Australia and New Zealand, February, Auckland, CD.
  • Young, S., (2006), "Outsourcing as a Method of Workplace and Cultural Change" B. Pocock, C. Provis, and E. Willis (eds.) Proceedings of 20th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ), Adelaide, Volume 1, pp. 587-596.
  • Young, S., (2005), "Outsourcing as a Mix of Economics and Politics: Exploring the Link between Factors and Outcomes", Proceedings of EURAM 2005 Conference, Munich, May. Published on the web: www.euram2005.de Track 08, Paper 859
  • Young, S., (2005), "Why Outsource and What Makes it Work? Alternative Arrangements for Work in the Health Sector" M. Baird, R. Cooper and M. Westcott (eds.) Proceedings of the 19th AIRAANZ Conference,February, Noosa, vol. 1, pp.635-43.
  • Young, S., (2004), "Reconceptualising Outsourcing in the Public Sector: Choices and Outcomes", Proceedings of the 18th AIRAANZ Conference, February, Noosa, vol. 1, pp. 635-43.
  • Young. S., (2003), "Outsourcing in the Victorian Public Health Sector: A Cross Case Analysis", S. Parikinson & J. Shutt (eds), Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference, Sept 15-17, Leeds Business School, harrogate (cd-rom)
  • Young, S., (2001), "Transaction Cost Theory and its application to outsourcing decisions in a rural hospital", Proceedings of the 15th AIRAANZ Conference, February, Wollongong, vol. 1, pp. 364-371.
  • Young,S., (2000), "Public Health in Victoria: The Reform Process, Research on Work, Employment and Industrial Relations 2000", Proceedings of the 14th AIRAANZ Conference, February, Melbourne, vol 2, pp. 68-77.
  • Young, S., (1999), "Lessons to be Learnt from an Empirical Analysis of Outsourcing: From the Private Sector to the Public Sector", Proceedings of the 13th AIRAANZ Conference, Adelaide, pp. 27-143.
  • Young, S., "Changing Organisational Forms: Theoretical Analysis of Outsourcing", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Dynamics of Strategy, April 1998, Surrey, England, pp. 127-143.
OTHER REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
  • Young, S., (2004)"The Why and How of Public Health Sector Outsourcing: A Model", Academy of Management, New Orleans, August.
CASE STUDIES
  • Young, S., (2007), "Outsourcing at a Rural Public Hospital" in Hitt, Black, Porter, Hanson, Management, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney, pp. 261-262

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