Professor Robert McMurray joins Sheffield University Management School as Associate Dean of Education

Professor Robert McMurray, Professor of Organisation Studies, joins the Management School’s Senior Leadership Team in November 2023.

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We are delighted to announce that Professor Robert McMurray will join the Management School, on 1 November, as Associate Dean for Education.

Professor Robert McMurray was formerly Academic Director at the Graduate School of Healthcare Management at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Professor of Management and Organisation. Robert has also been a visiting professor at the University of York Management School, where he was previously Deputy Dean.

Professor McMurray’s research has informed health care organisation and workplace wellbeing for over 30 years. Publishing in leading journals, he has made contributions in respect of inter-organisational collaboration, culture, ethics, user perspectives on health, social return on investment, health services change, and professionalisation. He also co-edited The Management of Wicked Problems in Health and Social Care and is co-author of The Dark Side of Emotional Labour.

We are delighted that Professor McMurray is joining Sheffield University Management School. He has significant senior leadership experience that is interdisciplinary in nature that will help us continue to enhance the student experience and ensure that current and new programmes are relevant for students and employers and build upon the excellent research that colleagues are undertaking.

Professor Fraser Mcleay

Acting Dean

I am excited to be joining a School that has long championed social responsibility and fairness. I am really looking forward to engaging with our excellent students and world leading colleagues as we develop and deliver education that has a positive impact on individuals, organisations and wider society. We have some great courses underpinned by research that really matters. My role is to support colleagues and learners as they come together to create new knowledge and address shared challenges.

Professor Robert McMurray

Associate Dean for Education

We also thank Professor Paul Latreille, Chair in Management, who has stepped in as Acting Associate Dean of Education in the interim period and will be supporting Robert in his transition to the Management School.

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