Rate My Professor Leanne Skryba

Leanne Skryba serves as Executive Assistant to the HR Director and Chief Financial Officer in the Human Resources Division at the University of Otago, located in Dunedin, New Zealand. She provides direct support to senior leadership in human resources and financial operations, with her direct dial phone number listed as +64 3 479 8393 and professional email as leanne.skryba@otago.ac.nz. Her role is featured prominently in official university contact directories for the HR division and related departments such as finance and academic services.

Prior to her current position, Leanne Skryba held the role of Department Secretary and Personal Assistant to the Head of Department in the Department of Management at the University of Otago. This administrative position involved managing departmental operations, serving as the primary point of contact for students, academic staff, and external parties. Evidence of her role appears in the 2021 course outline for MANT251 Managing Organisations, where she is listed as a contact in Room 601 of the Management Department, and in the MANT345 Strategic HRM overview. Additionally, a 2014 job advertisement for Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Leadership or Organisational Development directed inquiries through her to Associate Professor Ian McAndrew, Head of Department Management.

Leanne Skryba's administrative contributions have been recognized by numerous postgraduate researchers in the Department of Management. She is acknowledged in several PhD theses for her support, including J. Pellegrino's 2015 thesis 'Strategy, learning and knowledge in the internationalisation process: a Comparative Study of NZ Incremental and Early-internationalising SMEs'; N.A. Bortsie-Aryee's 2020 'Water Footprint Management – Theory to Reality'; A. Akmal's 2019 'The Efficacy and Maturity of Quality Improvement Approaches'; P. Perera's 2016 'Influence of International Trade Agreements on Entry Strategy'; and a thesis on 'Lean Supply Chain Management in SME'. These thanks highlight her role in facilitating smooth administrative processes for research and academic work in management and business-related fields at the University of Otago.