Areas of Expertise
Organizational change, organizational learning and culture, business strategy and quality
Education
1997 Ph.D. - University of South Carolina, Strategic Management (Minor: International Business)
1989 MBA - Appalachian State University. Emphasis in Human Resources
1979 BS - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Animal Science/Biology
Biography
Cheryl Van Deusen is a professor of strategic and international business at the COGGIN College of Business, University of North Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in strategic management and international business from the University of South Carolina, a MBA from Appalachian State University with an emphasis in Human Resources and her B.S. from Virginia Tech. Her primary teaching areas include business strategy and international management but she also teaches human resource management classes such as employee benefits planning, compensation, and international HR. Current research streams include cross-cultural management issues, national and organizational culture and organizational learning. Cheryl joined the COGGIN College of Business in 1998.
Prior to earning a Ph.D., she worked in the hospitality industry for almost ten years working her way up to become a resort General Manager. She was the corporate quality assurance director for a publicly traded company operating resorts in 11 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. With over 4,000 employees, she was responsible for implementing a corporate wide quality assurance and training program, developing job descriptions, specifications and performance appraisal systems. The ultimate deliverable was to develop an affordable, competitive compensation system.
Most of Cheryl’s consulting activities have been with senior level managers implementing organizational change. To date, she has consulted both domestically and internationally in seven countries, primarily in the South Pacific region. A group of academicians established a non-profit foundation where they work with the CEOs and COOs of major organizations trying to improve their overall effectiveness to encompass organizational change efforts in governmental and private organizations. Firms facing downsizing, privatization, out sourcing and small business start-ups in both union and non-unionized environments are typical examples.
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