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Picturing a Programme: The Business School Graduate Apprenticeship Journey (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Yorkstone, S., Fonseca, D. A. P., & Harte, P. (2022, June). Picturing a Programme: The Business School Graduate Apprenticeship Journey. Poster presented at DLTE, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

Can we explain our Business School’s Graduate Apprenticeship Programme visually? This poster shows our work to that end. Ana Paula Fonseca (Programme Leader), Patrick Harte (SAL Student Experience) and Steve Yorkstone (Business Improvement Consultant... Read More about Picturing a Programme: The Business School Graduate Apprenticeship Journey.

Case study 10: Facilitating education leadership: Building and sharing an understanding amongst the programme team (2022)
Book Chapter
Malone, E., & Yorkstone, S. (2022). Case study 10: Facilitating education leadership: Building and sharing an understanding amongst the programme team. In J. Lawrence, S. Morón-García, & R. Senior (Eds.), Supporting Course and Programme Leaders in Higher Education: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, Educational Developers and Programme Leaders (191-194). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003127413-37

This case study describes the process of building a programme roadmap to enable a shared understanding and sense of ownership with the various tasks involved in the management of a suite of undergraduate programmes. Collaboration with the institution... Read More about Case study 10: Facilitating education leadership: Building and sharing an understanding amongst the programme team.

Lean as a Framework for Humanisation in Higher Education (2020)
Book Chapter
Yorkstone, S., Clarke, S., & Mann, J. (2020). Lean as a Framework for Humanisation in Higher Education. In C. Devis-Rozental, & S. Clarke (Eds.), Humanising Higher Education: A positive approach to enhancing wellbeing (221-241). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57430-7_13

Lean management is a compelling concept, with a significant history, and although not always described as lean in name, is having an impact in Universities worldwide. Central to lean is the idea of beginning from true purpose, and the authors seek to... Read More about Lean as a Framework for Humanisation in Higher Education.

Growing a Lean Approach in a Changing University (2019)
Book Chapter
Hurley, B., & Yorkstone, S. (2019). Growing a Lean Approach in a Changing University. In Global Lean for Higher Education: A Themed Anthology of Case Studies, Approaches, and ToolsNew York: Productivity Press

Edinburgh Napier University was a relatively early adopter of lean-type improvement in the United Kingdom Higher Education sector. The avoidance of the term “lean” was intended to allow for flexibility in approach, and was also to distance the activi... Read More about Growing a Lean Approach in a Changing University.

Global Lean for Higher Education: A Themed Anthology of Case Studies, Approaches, and Tools (2019)
Book
Yorkstone, S. (2019). Global Lean for Higher Education: A Themed Anthology of Case Studies, Approaches, and Tools. (1). CRC Press (Taylor and Francis Group)

This book collects a series of investigations that reflect the state-of-the-art in the global practical application of Lean for Higher Education (HE). The contributions introduce and describe the practical application of Lean in HE so that other prac... Read More about Global Lean for Higher Education: A Themed Anthology of Case Studies, Approaches, and Tools.

LEGO Café: Let’s Build a Learning Community (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Ennis, L., & Yorkstone, S. (2019, June). LEGO Café: Let’s Build a Learning Community. Presented at Learning and Teaching Conference, Edinburgh

Trying something new can be scary. Often it helps to float ideas with friendly colleagues before taking the leap and branching out. We created our monthly LEGO Café as a space where academic and professional staff could come together to experiment wi... Read More about LEGO Café: Let’s Build a Learning Community.

Navigating The Labyrinth: A best practice guide for facilitating change (2018)
Report
Tjeldnes, S. A., & Yorkstone, S. (2018). Navigating The Labyrinth: A best practice guide for facilitating change. Edinburgh/ Tromsø, Norway: Edinburgh Napier University

Facilitation skills have been identified as key to successful improvement initiatives in Higher Education. Why is this? What makes for good facilitation? Are there models of facilitation for improvement? Does good facilitation differ in different nat... Read More about Navigating The Labyrinth: A best practice guide for facilitating change.

Lean universities. (2016)
Book Chapter
Yorkstone, S. (2016). Lean universities. In T. Netland, & D. J. Powell (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Lean Management. Routledge

This chapter examines lean implementation in higher education (HE) institutions. There is evidence of lean initiatives beginning in HE in the US in the early 2000s; there is also some evidence of business process improvement activity before this time... Read More about Lean universities..

Establishing Process Improvement Capability in an HE environment (2016)
Report
McAssey, R., & Yorkstone, S. (2016). Establishing Process Improvement Capability in an HE environment. UCISA: UCISA-PCMG

Process improvement activity is increasing in UK universities, partly in response to calls for increased effectiveness and efficiency but also as a response to today’s rapidly changing political and economic environment. This guide seeks to evide... Read More about Establishing Process Improvement Capability in an HE environment.

Becoming a Lean University: The Case of the University of St Andrews. (2014)
Book Chapter
Robinson, M., & Yorkstone, S. (2014). Becoming a Lean University: The Case of the University of St Andrews. In Leadership and Governance in Higher Education: Handbook for Decision-makers and Administrators. Raabe Verlag

This article looks at how “lean” can be successfully introduced into a higher education setting by discussing what has become known as ‘The St Andrews Model’. The article demonstrates that “lean” can be adapted to suit the particular circumstances of... Read More about Becoming a Lean University: The Case of the University of St Andrews..

High Tech; Lean Tech. (2014)
Journal Article
Yorkstone, S. (2014). High Tech; Lean Tech. Lean Management Journal,

Stephen Yorkstone compares the duplicitous appeal of technology and how drives towards new software and technologies can limit improvement to how visionary change has been enabled by good technology.

Lean goes back to school. (2013)
Journal Article
Yorkstone, S. (2013). Lean goes back to school. Lean Management Journal, (24-27)

Stephen Yorkstone...discusses the implementation of lean in universities and how higher education can improve by applying its principles.

Leaning Universities Old and New: A comparative case study on the implementation of Lean Thinking in Universities Ancient and Modern, from the perspective of a practitioner (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Yorkstone, S. (2013, June). Leaning Universities Old and New: A comparative case study on the implementation of Lean Thinking in Universities Ancient and Modern, from the perspective of a practitioner. Paper presented at First international conference on Lean Six Sigma for Higher Education, Glasgow, Scotland

Purpose Scottish Universities have experience applying lean Higher Education, in both Ancient and Modern contexts. This paper aims to capture the experience of a practitioner having moved through both these contexts, in order to provide material for... Read More about Leaning Universities Old and New: A comparative case study on the implementation of Lean Thinking in Universities Ancient and Modern, from the perspective of a practitioner.