معرفی
Magdalena Smeds is an Assistant Professor at Linköping University's Department of Management and Engineering (IEI), affiliated with the Logistics and Quality Management (LOGQ) division. Her research focuses on quality management in healthcare, process improvement, and the intersection of digitalization and organizational practices. She explores topics such as tampering in processes, healthcare logistics, and crisis leadership.
Her work addresses challenges like mismatched goals in healthcare systems, the impact of Big Data analytics on decision-making, and strategies to enhance healthcare efficiency. She is part of the HELIX Competence Centre and contributes to initiatives like municipal crisis preparedness research, aiming to strengthen leadership in public organizations during crises.
In education, she designs live cases to bridge engineering students' learning with real-world healthcare challenges, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. Her research also emphasizes understanding human factors in process control and developing countermeasures against detrimental tampering behaviors.
Key research themes include healthcare pathways optimization, the role of competences in quality practices during digital transformation, and leveraging systematic literature reviews to inform management practices. Her contributions span academic conferences and peer-reviewed journals, addressing both theoretical and practical dimensions of quality management and healthcare systems.
