Carol Beatty

Dr. Carol A. Beatty is a Senior Research Fellow at the Industrial Relations Centre, Queen’s University, Ontario. Previously, she served as Director of the Industrial Relations Centre and Associate Professor at Queen's School of Business. She holds an MBA and PhD from the Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario). Her expertise spans change management, strategic development, and high-performance teams, with over 25 years studying organizational change implementation across sectors.

Education:

• PhD in Business, Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
• MBA, Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario

Research focuses on human/organizational dynamics in modern organizations, including:

• Technological, strategic, and structural change
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Employee buyouts
• High-performance team skill frameworks

Recent work includes a multi-faceted change management success factors study combining surveys and case studies.

Publications appear in Sloan Management Review, Human Relations, California Management Review, and Business Quarterly. She is a sought-after consultant for change management, strategic planning, and team development across private/public sectors internationally, trained in Future Search and Whole System Change facilitation methodologies.

Labs/Teams: Active within the Industrial Relations Centre, collaborating on organizational change initiatives.