Dr Vivienne Byers
Senior Lecturer, Health Policy & Management
Room 5-063, Aungier St.
t: +353 1 402 3186
f: +353 1 402 3291
e: vivienne.byers@dit.ie
Qualifications:
PhD University of Limerick (Health Policy and Planning)
MSc Trinity College, Dublin (Communication & Development Studies)
MA (Mgmnt) Institute of Public Administration (NUI) (Health Services Management)
Cert Lang Path Vrije Universteit, Brussels (Neurolinguistics & Commun
BA (Mod) Trinity College, Dublin (Speech & Language Therapy).
Experience:
Vivienne Byers is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Business, Dublin Institute of Technology and lectures in healthcare and public sector policy, planning & management, as well as in organisational behaviour and change. She also lectures as adjunct faculty in University College Dublin in the area of healthcare management at postgraduate level and has carried out consultancy in the health sector. She has significant experience working in the health services in Ireland and internationally, as a health services manager and as a health professional.
She is currently undertaking a number of research projects in health policy, sustainability policy, ICT implementation, healthcare leadership and the patient experience. Outputs include peer reviewed publications, book chapters and conference presentations. She has won a number of student scholarship awards and attracted national funding (Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Sustainability Funding Award, Fingal County Council). As a member of the leadership team of the Environmental, Sustainability and Health Institute she chairs the policy group. She is currently on the Management Committee of an EU networked project on cost containment and quality in healthcare. She continues to seek national & international funding through established consortia.
Select Journal Articles:
Byers, V. Fahey, D., Mullins, C. & Roe, C. (2017 in press) The Patient Survey Programme: Transforming the Patient Experience in Irish Healthcare . Administration, 65 (4).
Byers, V. (2017) Healthcare for all in Ireland? The Consequences of Politics for Health Policy. World Medical & Health Policy. 9(1): 138–151. DOI:10.1002/wmh3.217
Gilmer, A. McGarrity, M & Byers, V. (2016) Resolving the policy paradox: the case of biofuel production in Ireland. International Journal of Energy Sector Management. 10(4): 659 – 677.
Byers, V. (2016 ) Democratic Governance & Health: Hospitals, Politics and Health in New Zealand. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 41(3):483-488
Byers, V. (2015) Change in Healthcare Organisations: Leadership from the front-line. Journal of Nursing Management. DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12342
Byers, V. (2009) Planning in the Irish health services: Legislative strategy or administrative control? Journal of Management & Marketing in Healthcare, 2, 1, 15-27.
Byers, V. (2005) The College’s golden age – to Dublin in 1985. Speech & Language Therapy in Practice 2, 2, 10-11
Byers, V. (1996) Speech pathology in Ireland. Communique 10, 4, 20-21
Byers, V. (1995) Ten years on, only thirty-three years to go. Human Communication 4, 4, 10-11.
Chapter(s) in Books:
Byers, V. (2018 - forthcoming) Across the Borders of Scholarly Communities In P. Hupe (ed) Research Handbook on Street-Level Bureaucracy: The Ground Floor of Government in Context. Edward Elgar Research Handbooks on Public Policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
Byers, V. (2017 - in press) Creativity Innovation and Change. In E. Curtis and J. Cullen (eds) Leadership and Change for the Health Professional. Open University Press
Byers, V. & Halligan, P. (2017 - in press) Leadership Education for Health Professionals In E. Curtis and J. Cullen (eds) Leadership and Change for the Health Professional. Open University Press
Byers, V. (2016) Communication in the workplace. In Cross. C & Carberry, R. (eds) Organisation Behaviour: A Concise Introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave McMillan.
Research projects & funding
Principal Investigator Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Sustainability Funding Award:
Beyond Neoliberalism: Values & Sustainable Consumption Behaviour
Principal Investigator. Fingal County Council: Policy & Management Protocol for Water Quality
Conference Papers:
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Odewumi, O. Byers, V |
2016 |
What can the Irish Healthcare System learn from health policy implementation research? |
Irish Academy of Management Conference, IAM, UCD |
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Brown Mahoney, C., Fox, M., Van der Heijden, B. Byers, V |
2016 |
Nurses’ Job and Occupational Turnover: Old Approaches, New Directions. |
Academy of Management, USA |
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Singh, N. Byers, V |
2016 |
Is obesity suffering from ‘inequality syndrome’ in Irish policy? |
Irish Social Policy Conference, Dublin |
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Odewumi, O. Byers, V |
2016 |
Implementation of Integrated Care Policy: A Comparative Study |
Irish Social Policy Conference, Dublin |
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Byers, V. |
2016 |
Health Care for all in Ireland? The Consequences of Politics for Health Policy |
Irish Social Policy Conference, Dublin |
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Byers, V |
2016 |
Universal Health Care Policy?: Ireland’s Health Reform Journey in the Face of Political Austerity |
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, USA |
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Byers, V. |
2015 |
Coping with contradictions: Implementing a Community Services Integrated Healthcare Strategy. |
British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference, Portsmouth, UK |
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Gilmer, A. Byers, V. |
2015 |
Charting new pathways towards sustainable carbon management in the landscape: Modelling systems for policy design. |
Irish Academy of Management Conference, NUIG |
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Byers, V. |
2015 |
Street-level Work in Context: Implementing Healthcare Policy. |
International Conference on Public Policy, Milan |
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Byers, V. |
2015 |
Policy implementation & situated practice in healthcare: the Street-level perspective. |
MPSA Conference, USA |
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Byers, V., Davey, S. McAdam, R. |
2015 |
Patient-centric challenges in health reform: perspectives from two systems. |
BAM Conference, Ulster University |
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Coyle, T. Byers, V. |
2014 |
Changing front-line services: targeting the occupational culture, a street-level perspective. |
Irish Academy of Management Conference, UL |
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Hayes, M., Gilmer, A. Byers, V. |
2014 |
Managing sustainable supply chains - can policy lead us out of the practice labyrinth? |
Irish Academy of Management Conference, UL |
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Byers, V. |
2014 |
Equity in Health Care Policy: Political Rhetoric or Street-Level Practice. |
Political Science Association Conference, Manchester |
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Byers, V. |
2014 |
Values in Healthcare Reform: The Street-level Perspective |
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, USA |
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Byers, V., Davey, S. Brennan, M |
2013 |
Patient Centric Challenges in Healthcare Reform: The Irish Situation |
IAM Conference, WIT |
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Gilmer, A. Byers, V. |
2013 |
The Development of a General Model for Space-Time Events in Distribution Network Analysis. |
Irish Academy of Management Conference, WIT |
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Byers, V. |
2013 |
Reconciling Policy and Organisational Implementation: Making Sense of Irish Health Reform |
International Conference on Public Policy, Grenoble |
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Byers, V. |
2012 |
Making Sense of Irish Health Care Management: The Street Level Public Organisation (SLPO) |
11th World Congress of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, UL |
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Byers, V. |
2011 |
Making Sense of Health Care Planning in Ireland; the Street Level Public Organization (SLPO). |
International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) TCD |
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Byers, V.
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2010 |
Renewing Health Services Management Research: Redrawing the Citizen-Client in Irish Health care Policy. |
Irish Academy of Management Conference CIT |
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Byers, V. |
2010 |
Irish Healthcare; The Evidence on Communicating Policy. |
Political Studies Association of Ireland Conference, DIT |
Other Publications:
Byers, V. (2011). Service Planning and Organisational Change in the Health Sector: A Study in Control. Saarbrücken: LAP Publishing (Monograph)
Byers, V. (2007). Service Planning and Organisational Change in the Health Sector: A Study in Control. Unpublished PhD Thesis. Limerick: University of Limerick.
Byers, V. (1999). Service Planning in the Health Sector. Unpublished MA Thesis. Dublin: IPA.
Byers, V. (1996). An Investigation of the Receptive Syntactic Skills in Children with Phonological Disabilities. Unpublished MSc Thesis. Dublin: Trinity College.
Professional Engagement
External Examiner National University of Ireland, Galway PhD (Health Governance & Policy 2016)
External Examiner Institute of Public Administration (NUI) (2004-2012).
Committee Membership
Environmental Sustainability & Health Institute (ESHI - DIT) (Member of Leadership Team)
Chair of Policy Group – Environmental Sustainability & Health Institute (ESHI)
EU COST Action: CA15222 - European Network for cost containment and improved quality of health care (Member of Management Committee).
Irish Academy of Management (Member of Council 2014 to date)
Irish Social Policy Association (ISPA) (Member of Committee 2012 to date)
Leadership in Healthcare Network (Member of Committee)
Research Committee, College of Business, DIT.
Academic Advisor 3S Group (DIT) (Smart Sustainable Solutions for Business Processes)
Professional Memberships and Involvement
Academy of Management (USA)
Irish Academy of Management
British Academy of Management
International Public Policy Association
Irish Social Policy Association
Society for Studies in Organizing Healthcare
Midwestern Political Science Association
Strategy as Practice International Network
Aurora Womens’ Leadership Group
International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM).
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Name |
Research Students |
Degree |
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Tom Coyle |
Occupational Culture in An Garda Síochána |
MPhil |
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Lola Odewumi
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The Role of Practices in Implementing Integrated Healthcare Reform |
PhD |
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Niraj Singh |
Values and Consumption Behaviour: the Case of Obesity |
PhD |
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Rabia Al Busaidi |
Exploring Employee Involvement in Omani Public Organisations |
PhD |
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Esmat Swallmeh |
Health Care Management |
PhD (PT) |
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Caroline Tansey |
An examination of Leader Cognition in the Non-profit Sector |
PhD (PT) |