Regular biography
Mihaela Stan is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the UCL School of Management, Department of Business. Her research focuses on the links between formal structures, organizational learning, and adaptation, with an emphasis on the healthcare sector. Prior to joining UCL, she pursued a Ph.D. in Strategic and International Management from the London Business School and an MBA from Brigham Young University. Her work has appeared in Organization Science and Strategic Management Journal, and she has contributed to discussions in the Financial Times. Her research explores the long-term organisational consequences of short-termism, organisational learning, and innovation, including topics such as 'selection at the gate' and time compression diseconomies.
Scholar-generated biography
Mihaela Stan is a Lecturer at University College London, School of Management, specializing in organizational learning and adaptation, team dynamics, and knowledge management. Her research explores how organizations adapt to interdependence shifts, the role of integrator structures in fostering learning, and the impact of time compression on organizational quality. She investigates how integrators influence organizational learning and adaptation, particularly in contexts such as fertility care, and examines the correlation between creative inclinations and job selection. Her work also addresses the effects of role assignment on creative outputs and the context of organizational learning.