Michelle L Kaarst-Brown

Personal profile

Professional Information

Coming into academia with over twenty-years in management and consulting in the financial services industry, Kaarst-Brown brings a pragmatic, problem solving orientation to her research and teaching. Her prior work experience in organizational development, human resources management, marketing, project management, quality business, research, and strategic management provide her with a holistic view of organizations and their strategic problems. Dr. Kaarst-Brown has worked and conducted research in Canada, the US, the Caribbean, and Europe.

Research Interests

Kaarst-Brown's research is driven by a desire to better understand the strategic and practical integration of information technology at multiple levels: institutional, individual, and societal. Working with industry, she emphasizes practical research that advances theory but that can also inform management practice. This translates into publications in top academic journals and also in practitioner journals where interesting findings can be put to use. Research projects include the following: ~ Enterprise Risk Management - perceptions of IT's role in ERM initatives. ~ IT Governance and Strategic management of IT, including impact of culture on innovation, championship behavior, conflict, and competitive advantage. ~ Social implications of information technology, including general cultural, gender, and generational issues .Doctoral Level Research Courses: Advanced Qualitative MethodsSocial Issues and ICT's; Doctoral Gateway - Introduction to Research and Methods; Organizational Theories and ICT Research; Conducting Literature Reviews; Research Seminar: Conducting Field Research

Education

Organizational Theory/Organizational Behavior and Management Information Systems, Ph.D.

1988 → 1995

Policy/Strategic Management, Master of Business Administration

1987 → 1988

Insurance - Information Systems and Human Resources Management, FLMI, Life Office Management Institute

… → 1981

External positions

Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems, University of Richmond, E. Claiborne Robins School of Business

1994 → 2001

Instructor, University of Waterloo, Department of Management Science

1993

Instructor, York University, Schulich School of Business

1988 → 1994

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Research Output

571 Citations
10 h-Index
36 Conference contribution
25 Article
4 Chapter
4 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
11 More

Mindful new service conception in not-for-profit organisations: A study of sustainable innovation with scarce resources

Rubleske, J. & Kaarst-Brown, M. L., Jan 1 2019, In : International Journal of Business Innovation and Research. 18, 1, p. 87-108 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

The future of iT work: Computers and people

Niederman, F., Kaarst-Brown, M. L., Quesenberry, J. & Weitzel, T., Jun 12 2019, SIGMIS-CPR 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 Computers and People Research Conference. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 28-34 7 p. (SIGMIS-CPR 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 Computers and People Research Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution