Eamonn O' Laocha
- Courses6
- Reviews15
- School: Douglas College
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- Department: Business
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Location:
New Westminster, BC - Dates at Douglas College: April 2017 - July 2019
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Biography
Douglas College - Business
Applied Research, Teaching and Consultancy
Research
Eamonn
O'Laocha
Canada
Dr. Eamonn O'Laocha holds a Ph.D. in business from Warwick Business School in the UK, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP and Prince2 Practitioner).
He is a high-level leader who is committed to organizational excellence in the delivery of programmes and services. He is a highly versatile and well-rounded professional leader and manager with extensive experience in strategy formulation and implementation, innovation and technology transfer, multi-party initiatives, financial management and reporting, operations management and organizational and individual capability development.
He is a supportive and enabling leader and manager whose approach is based upon positive regard towards others, mutual respect, transparency and clarity.
Dr. O'Laocha's research interests include; innovation and technology transfer, professional practice in complex and dynamic contexts, governance in complex organizational and inter-organizational contexts, information systems strategy and operations, and innovative engaged approaches to organizational design , development, leadership and management.
Experience
PMI Canadian West Coast Chapter
Instructor
Project Management Professional (PMP) Course Instructor
Risk Management Professional (RMP) Course DesignerDouglas Applied Research and Education
Principal Investigator
Eamonn worked at Douglas Applied Research and Education as a Principal Investigator
Douglas College
Instructor
Eamonn worked at Douglas College as a Instructor
PHS Community Services Society
Interim Executive Director
www.phs.ca
PHS Community Services Society
PHS Community Services Society is a non-profit society created in 1993 to provide advocacy, housing, services, and opportunities, for the marginalized citizens of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in Canada. PHS supports 1,153 rooms for social housing, 'Insite', which is North America's first legal supervised-injection site, a Downtown Eastside credit union branch (Pigeon Park Savings), amongst other innovative social services for the marginalized citizens of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, Canada.
Independent Business Consultant
Management Consultant and Researcher
- Advised on the definition, description, design and development of a new “Masters in IT Management” programme offering that would accommodate face to face, blended, and virtual learning approaches to learning (advisory role completed in 2012)
- Management Advisor to for profit and not for profit companies in the lower mainland of British Columbia, Canada
- Research into Projects in complex and dynamic contexts
bc211
Information Systems Advisor (Voluntary)
bc211 (bc211.ca)
bc211 is a Vancouver-based nonprofit organization that specializes in providing information and referral regarding community, government and social services in BC. Our help line services include 211, the Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service (ADIRS), the Problem Gambling Help Line, VictimLink BC, and the Youth Against Violence Line.
Education
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Industrial and Business Studies
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
IS Projects and knowledge management
University College Cork
Diploma in
Computer Science
Diploma in Computer Science
Publications
The logic of projects and the ideal of community development
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
We critically explore the mismatch between the business logic that underpins project management approaches and the social justice aspirations that drive community development activities.
The logic of projects and the ideal of community development
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
We critically explore the mismatch between the business logic that underpins project management approaches and the social justice aspirations that drive community development activities.
Positions
Project Management Institute
Volunteer and VP of Education and Board Member of the Canadian West Coast Chapter (up to 09/2015)
Project Management Institute
Volunteer and VP of Education and Board Member of the Canadian West Coast Chapter (up to 09/2015)
Project Management Institute
Volunteer and VP of Education and Board Member of the Canadian West Coast Chapter (up to 09/2015)
Project Management Institute
Volunteer and VP of Education and Board Member of the Canadian West Coast Chapter (up to 09/2015)
Project Management Institute
Volunteer and VP of Education and Board Member of the Canadian West Coast Chapter (up to 09/2015)
Project Management Institute
Volunteer and VP of Education and Board Member of the Canadian West Coast Chapter (up to 09/2015)
Project Management Institute
Volunteer and VP of Education and Board Member of the Canadian West Coast Chapter (up to 09/2015)
Project Management Institute
Volunteer and VP of Education and Board Member of the Canadian West Coast Chapter (up to 09/2015)
Project Management Institute
Volunteer and VP of Education and Board Member of the Canadian West Coast Chapter (up to 09/2015)
