Curriculum Vitae Sophie Op de Beeck PERSONALIA Name: Op de Beeck Surname: Sophie Professional address: KU Leuven Public Management Institute Parkstraat 45 - bus 3609-3000 Leuven - Belgium Tel.: +32 (0) 16/32 32 89 Fax: +32 (0) 16/32 32 67 E-mail: Sophie.OpdeBeeck@soc.kuleuven.be Date of birth: April 14, 1986 Place of birth: Herentals, Belgium Citizenship: Belgian STUDIES Period: Institution: Dissertation: 2010 present Doctoral School Social Sciences KU Leuven HRM Responsibilities in the Public Sector: The Role of Line Managers Period: 2008 2009 Master in Public Management and Policy Institution: KU Leuven Master thesis: Transfer of training in the Flemish government (in Dutch) Results: Graduated magna cum laude Period: 2004 2008 Master in Business Sciences Human Resources Management Institution: Lessius, Antwerp (KU Leuven Association) Master thesis: Non-work related determinants of the planned retirement age in Flanders" (in Dutch) Results: Graduated magna cum laude CV Sophie Op de Beeck 1
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION Period: 2010 2013 PhD Training Program Institution: Netherlands Institute of Government Period: January May 2012 Advanced Studies in HRM Institution: Dutch HRM Network Period: September December 2011 HRM and leadership in the public sector Institution: KU Leuven Public Management Institute (open training programme) Period: January June 2011 Personnel management in the public sector Institution: KU Leuven Public Management Institute (open training programme) CAREER Period: August 2009 present Organisation: KU Leuven Public Management Institute Function: Academic researcher Research topics: Human resource management in the public sector, in particular competency management, strategic HRM and the role of line managers in HRM FORUM FUNCTIONS Member of phresh network, an international PhD community in the area of HRM PhD-member of NIG (Netherlands Institute of Government, the Dutch Research School for Public Administration and Political Science) Representative of the Faculty of Social Sciences (KU Leuven) in the PhD Council of the Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG) RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Research projects March 2010 present: May December 2012: January 2010 June 2010: HRM Responsibilities in the Public Sector: The Role of Line Managers (PhD project; supervisor: prof. dr. Annie Hondeghem) Quantitative and qualitative benchmark of the internal equal opportunities and diversity policy of the Flemish government Evaluation of the Flemish government s Policy Plan on Diversity 2005-2010 CV Sophie Op de Beeck 2
August 2009 February 2010: Managing Competencies in Government: State of the Art Practices and Issues at Stake for the Future Training and education August 2009 present: January 2010 present: January June 2011: September December 2011: Didactic support of the course Management Skills and a seminar Master Thesis in the Master in Public Management and Policy; Master thesis supervision; Training on HR topics in the open training programmes of the Public Management Institute Coordination of the development of handbooks on Public Management, Public Administration, and Public Policy Assisting in the training Personnel management in the public sector Assisting in the training HRM and leadership in the public sector SKILLS Languages: Dutch: native language Engels: very good Frans: good Duits: basic knowledge Software: MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access SPSS, Stata PUBLICATIONS Articles international journals Wynen, J., Op de Beeck, S., Hondeghem, A. (2013). Interorganizational Mobility within the U.S. Federal Government: Examining the Effect of Individual and Organizational Factors. Public Administration Review. Published online: 17 September 2013 (early view). Hondeghem, A. & Op de Beeck, S. (2011). L'évaluation de la politique d'égalité des chances et de diversité mise en oeuvre par le gouvernement flamand en Belgique. Politiques et management public. 28(2): 201-217 Articles national journals Op de Beeck, S. & Hondeghem, A. (2012). Competentiemanagement in de publieke sector: Stand van zaken en uitdagingen voor de toekomst. Over.Werk - Tijdschrift van het Steunpunt WSE. Nr. 1-2012. pp. 120-125. Op de Beeck, S. & Hondeghem, A. (2012). La gestion des compétences dans le secteur public. RH Publica. Nr. 1-2012. pp. 29-31. CV Sophie Op de Beeck 3
Op de Beeck, S., De Peuter, B. & Hondeghem, A. (2010). Diversiteit in het personeelsbestand van de Vlaamse overheid: Evaluatie van het strategisch beleidsplan 2005-2010 van de dienst Emancipatiezaken. Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Overheidsmanagement. 15 (4): 13-24. Books (as editor) Hondeghem, A., Van Dooren, W., De Rnyck, F., Verschuere, B & Op de Beeck, S. (Red.) (2013). Handboek Bestuurskunde: Organisatie en werking van het openbaar bestuur. Brugge: Vanden Broele, 423 p. Hondeghem, A., Van Dooren, W. Vancoppenolle, D., Verschuere, B & Op de Beeck, S. (Red.) (2011). Handboek Bestuurskunde [studentencursus]. Brugge: Vanden Broele. Bouckaert, G., Hondeghem, A., Voets, J., Cautaert, E. & Op de Beeck, S. (Red.) (2011). Handboek Overheidsmanagement: Overheid in beweging. Brugge: Vanden Broele, 418 p. Bouckaert, G., Hondeghem, A., Voets, J., Cautaert, E. & Op de Beeck, S. (Red.) (2010). Handboek Overheidsmanagement [studentencursus]. Brugge: Vanden Broele. Chapters in books Op de Beeck, S. & Sturtewagen, H. (2012). De leidinggevende in een netwerk van personeelsactoren. In: Hondeghem A., Platteau E., Praet C., Ruys C. & Vandromme H. (Red.). Personeelsbeleid in lokale besturen: Slimme besturen investeren in menselijk kapitaal. Brugge: Vanden Broele, pp. 421-445. Hondeghem, A. & Op de Beeck, S. (2011). The government shift to competency management. In: Public Servants as Partners for Growth: Toward a Stronger, Leaner, and More Equitable Workforce. Paris: OECD Publishing. Broucker, B. & Op de Beeck, S. (2011). Organiseren en organisatieontwerp. In: Bouckaert, G., Hondeghem, A., Voets, J., Cautaert, E. & Op de Beeck, S. (Red.). Handboek Overheidsmanagement. Overheid in beweging. Brugge: Vanden Broele, pp. 41-71. Op de Beeck, S. (2011). Human resource management. In: Bouckaert, G., Hondeghem, A., Voets, J., Cautaert, E. & Op de Beeck, S. (Red.). Handboek Overheidsmanagement. Overheid in beweging. Brugge: Vanden Broele, pp. 167-199. Papers international conferences Op de Beeck, S. & Hondeghem, A. (2013). Line managers effective HRM implementation: Matiching HR and line expectations. 8th Biennial International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network. 14-15 november 2013. België: Leuven. 29p. Op de Beeck, S. & Hondeghem, A. (2012). Designed to improve performance? Exploring the HRM landscape in the Belgian federal government. 9th NIG Annual Work Conference. 29-30 november 2012. België: Leuven. 32 p. Op de Beeck, S. & Hondeghem, A. (2012). HRM responsibilities in the public sector and the role of line managers. IRSPM Conference. 10-13 april 2012. Italië: Rome. 30 p. Op de Beeck, S. & Hondeghem, A. (2011). HRM responsibilities in the public sector: The impact of line manager involvement on the HR department. 7th Biennial International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network. 10-11 november 2011. Nederland: Groningen. 19 p. Op de Beeck, S. & Hondeghem, A. (2010). Evaluation of the Flemish Government s Diversity Policy. EGPA conference. 8-10 september 2010. Frankijk: Toulouse. 20 p. CV Sophie Op de Beeck 4
Op de Beeck, S. & Hondeghem A. (2010). Competency Management in the Public Sector: Three Dimensions of Integration. IRSPM conference. 7-9 april 2010. Zwitserland: Bern. 36 p. Internal reports Bossens, N., Cautaert, E., Demuzere, S. & Op de Beeck, S. (2013). Kwantitatieve en kwalitatieve benchmarking van het interne gelijke kansen- en diversiteitsbeleid van de Vlaamse overheid [vertrouwelijk rapport]. 185 p. Op de Beeck, S., De Peuter, B. & Hondeghem, A. (2010). Evaluatie van het strategisch beleidsplan 2005-2010 van de dienst Emancipatiezaken van de Vlaamse overheid [vertrouwelijk rapport]. 81 p. Op de Beeck, S. & Hondeghem, A. (2010). Managing Competencies in Government: State of the Art Practices and Issues at Stake for the Future [vertrouwelijk rapport]. 125 p. CV Sophie Op de Beeck 5