Dr. Stephane Tywoniak

Biography

Stephane Tywoniak is an Associate Professor specializing in Complex Project Management at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada. With twenty years of experience in teaching, his areas of expertise include strategy, systems thinking, and entrepreneurship in project management. His academic coordination history showcases his leadership as a Project Management and Entrepreneurship MBA Director at La Rochelle Business School and as the Academic Director and Founder of the Executive Master in Complex Project Management at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, from 2007 to 2014. He also served as the PhD Coordinator for the School of Management at QUT between 2008 and 2010. His extensive experience spans executive education and consulting for significant project-based organizations across Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. His primary research interests focus on the strategic interactions between business and society, particularly in complex projects and programs, as well as strategic decision-making. He has specifically investigated how business organizations gain, maintain, or lose legitimacy and has been published in leading journals such as Organization and the International Journal of Project Management. In addition to his research, he serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including Systems Research and Behavioral Science and the Journal of Management & Organization.

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