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James is a corporate trainer for the past 20 years designing and delivering training courses that
meet the specific requirements of clients. He is a dedicated person and adopts a proactive manner that
facilitates a strong workplace learning environment.


He has worked for 3 different multinational organisations (Irish, American and Japanese) in a
variety of management roles. He has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and practical experience that
enables him to apply that knowledge in a humorous but thoughtful manner.

 

James has also been lecturing part-time for the past 28 years at various third
level institutions including Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin and Dublin City University 

 

He also lectured at Queen Mary University of London in China for 5 years in a block-lecturing
capacity lecturing on various business related modules.

 

James is currently studying for a PhD (P/T) with Dublin City University. His research is based on establishing
a set of standard variables for high performance teams in a business environment.

 

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Training Portfolio:​

Finance for Non-Finance Staff, Corporate Governance, Project Management, Reward Management, Procurement Management, Total Quality Management, High Performance Leadership, Managing People, Change Management, Effective People Management, How to Read Financial Statements and Introductions to Company Accounts.

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James O'Connor

PHD Researcher / Lecturer / Trainer 

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Phone:
IRE: 0868142481

International: +353 868142481

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Email:

jamesmartinoconnor@gmail.com 

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LECTURING EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
2004-Present

Lecturer

2013-Present

Lecturer

2011-Present

Lecturer

2013-2016

Lecturer

2011-2015

Lecturer

2009-2015

Lecturer

Dublin City University

 

Dublin Business School

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Dublin City University

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Open Education, D.C.U. online education.

National College of Ireland

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School of Business, School of Computing,

Corporate Training & C.I.P.D.  modules

University College Dublin

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Smurfit Graduate Business School

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University of London (Queen Mary)​

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Joint Program with the Beijing University of Post &

Telecommunications (B.U.P.T.)

IBAT College

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5 ACCA Modules i.e. F1, F8, P1, P3 & P7

1999-2011

Lecturer

Griffith College Dublin

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Graduate, Undergraduate & Professional Modules

1991-2003 & 2013

Lecturer

Dublin Institute of Technology 

 

 

DIT Aungier Street

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EDUCATION
EDUCATION
HETAC LEVEL 9

Post Graduate Diploma in Training & Education

MBA

Masters of Business Administration

Dublin City University

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Dublin City University (D.C.U.)

Hons. - 2.1

B.B.S. 

Bachelor of Business Studies

Institute of Technology, Tallaght (I.T. Tallaght)

Hons. - 2.1

Diploma

Purchasing and Materials Management

Dublin Institute of Technology

Credit

LECTURING SUBJECTS
LECTURNG

Masters Level

(1) International Operations Management

(2) Strategic Management / Business Policy

(3) Operations Management

(4) Supply Chain Management

(5) Project Management

(6) Procurement & Contract Management

 (7) Human Resources Management

(8) Organisation and Management in the Network Era

(9) Risk, Regulation and Ethics in E-Commerce

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Professional Level

(1) ACCA – P7 (Advanced Audit and Assurance)

(2) ACCA – SBL (Strategic Business Leader)

(3) ACCA – F8 (Audit and Assurance)

(4) ACCA – F1 (Accountant In Business)

(5) CIMA – E3 (Strategic Management)

(6) CIMA – E2 (Project and Relationship Management)

(7) CIMA – BA1 (Fundamentals of Business Economics)

(8) CIPD – Reward Management

(9) CIPD – Change Management

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Undergraduate Level

(1) Research Methods

(2) Professional Development

(3) Economics

(4) Marketing Management

(5) Organisational Behaviour

(6) Distribution Channel Management

(7) Business Process Management

(8) Performance Management

(9) Innovation Management

BACKGROUND & CORPORATE CLIENTS
EXPERTISE

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Held management positions in two different multi-cultural organisations.

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O’ Callaghan Hotels 

Irish multinational (1997 – 1998)

 

Fujitsu Microelectronics Ire. Ltd.

Japanese Multinational (1988 – 1997)

CLIENTS

 

Electricity Supply Board (E.S.B.)

 

National College of Ireland

 

Merck Ltd.

 

Gateway

 

Helsinn Birex

 

Caledionan Life

ACCA
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Largest Professional Accountancy Body in the world.

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Lectured ACCA, P3 & P1 student prizewinners at masters Level.

 

Module; Strategic Management and Governance, Risk & Ethics. 

 

Both students obtained first in Ireland & U.K. and came in the top 10 in the world out of over 21,000 students.

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