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R. Lyn Purdy

Associate Professor, Deans' Office, Organizational Behaviour

Associate Dean, Programs

R.L. (Lyn) Purdy

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Expertise

  • Impact of Supplier Evaluation
  • Teams and Quality Programs
  • JIT and Organizational Change

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Lyn Purdy is an associate professor of Organizational Behaviour at Ivey Business School. Prior to joining Ivey, she was an associate professor at the Centre for Administrative and Information Studies at Western University. She earned at BASc in Chemical Engineering, and an MASc and PhD in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo.

Purdy's research interests include organizational impacts of new technologies and techniques, performance evaluation of supplier organizations, quality management programs and participation of employees, and decision making and the impact of negative information. She has authored or co-authored several articles which have appeared in such publications as the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, the Journal of Management Systems, the Sloan Management Review, Journal of Operations Management and Behaviour and Information Technology.

Teaching

  • Organizational Behaviour

Programs Taught

  • Executive Education

Education

  • BASc, Chem Eng - Waterloo
  • MASc, Mgmt Sc - Waterloo
  • PhD, Waterloo

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