Ann Norton

Assistant Dean (Business and Enterprise), College of Business, Technology & Engineering.

• Department of Management

Summary

Ann is currently Assistant Dean (Business and Enterprise) for the College of Business, Technology and Engineering. She provides strategic leadership on student and graduate enterprise and employability, external engagement and the apprenticeship portfolio, supporting the University’s ambition to be the world's leading applied university. 

Prior to taking on this role she was previously Head of the Department of Management at Sheffield Business School, leading an academic community of 100+ academics and manages a broad portfolio of activities, all focused on promoting excellence in business management education and research. Ann has a wealth of leadership experience gained from both academic and commercial environments.   She is passionate about the development of people and champions a number of initiatives to inspire others in their personal and professional development.

Ann’s subject expertise and research interest is in the contribution and relationship of HR strategy with business strategy and the impact on organisational performance, with a focus on SMEs.   She has co-authored a number of text books on Organisations and Management and has published on Good Practice HRM.  Her teaching areas include Strategic Management, Organisational Change and Strategic HRM which she delivers on postgraduate, undergraduate and professional programmes.

Ann has established relationship with various external partners. She is actively involved in working with Professional Bodies, including CIMA where she is a subject expert and previously has been a chief examiner.  Ann works with the Institute of Banking and Finance and has advised on curriculum design.  She has been an External Examiner with a number of UK HEIs and was  a member of an International Panel assessing the academic standing of Universities in Saudi Arabia, and been a panel member for International accreditation events. 
Ann maintains her connections with industry undertaking consultancy work, specialising in the design and implementation of HR strategy, policies and practices both for blue chip companies and SMEs.

Prior to joining Sheffield Hallam University Ann worked for over fifteen years in industry.  The first part of her career was spent working for one of the major UK Banks, primarily in the fields of HRM and Marketing.  She then joined a Research and Consultancy company, undertaking research for European Financial Service institutions.