Dr. Grady's biography
Dr. Eoghan O’ Grady is Head of Department of Management Studies and Senior Lecturer in International Human Resource Management in the College of Business at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). He is a graduate of University College Dublin (BA and MA) the Dublin Institute of Technology (PG Dip. Legal studies) and the University of Leicester (M.Sc. and Doc. Social Science – Human Resource Development).
In addition to extensive teaching experience in DIT and previously at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and Dublin City University, he supervises research at undergraduate, Masters and PhD. level.
He has previously acted as visiting lecturer and/or external examiner at several international universities including the IILM Institute for Higher Education in New Delhi, India, Pharos University in Alexandria, Egypt, Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, FacH in Aachen, Germany, Rotterdam Business School, Holland, paris University Ouest Nanterre L aDefence in paris, France, State University in Samara, Russia and the University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic and in several other European universities.
As a HR consultant he has worked with both public sector and private sector corporations. A sample of his clients including Enterprise Ireland, Skillnets, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) the Irish Aviation Authority, the National Institute of Transport and Logistics, several financial services sector institutions and various government departments and agencies. Consultancy work with both Enterprise Ireland and Skillnets involved direct interaction with companies such as Novartis, An Bord Bia, Boliden, Vodafone and Siemens. He is lead lecturer on the IBEC Export Orientation Programme HR module and works closely with companies such as Jameson, Tourism Ireland and Diageo.
His research and teaching interests lie primarily in the Human Resource Development (HRD) Industrial Psychology and Strategy fields. He has presented and delivered workshops on human resource development interventions at several conferences and symposia.
His teaching involves significant class interaction and incorporates radio broadcasts, video presentations, psychometric tools, self reflection exercises, role plays, debates and student presentations.
