Dr. Paul Mooney was appointed President of National College of Ireland in February 2007. He holds a Ph.D (Doctorate in Industrial Sociology), a Graduate Diploma Industrial Relations) and a National Diploma in Industrial Relations and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Biography
Dr. Paul Mooney began his working life as a butcher in Dublin. After completing a formal apprenticeship, he moved into production management. He subsequently joined General Electric and held a number of increasingly responsible Human Resource positions in manufacturing.
After G.E, Mooney worked with Sterling Drug in the start-up of their highly successful plant in Waterford. Subsequently, as Human Resource Director for the Pacific Rim, he had responsibility for all personnel activity in South East Asia..
On his return to Ireland, Mooney established PMA Consulting (1991) specialising in providing clients with customised Organisation and Management Development programmes.
Mooney is the author of eight books; one, the Badger Ruse, is a crime thriller set in Dublin. The others cover a wide span of issues and topics in the HR area.
Published works
Books by Dr. Paul Mooney include:
- Developing the high performance organisation best practice for managers, ISBN 10: 1860760198, Published in 1996, Oak Tree Press (Dublin)
- Developing the High Organisation, Publication Date: 1996
- The Effective Consultant, ISBN-13: 978-1860761218, Publisher: Oak Tree Press (May 27 1999)
- Keeping Your Best Staff : The Human Resources Challenge in a Competitive Environment, ISBN: 9781860761546, Publication Date: 1999, Abebooks.co.uk (http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9781860761546/Mooney-Paul/Keeping-Your-Best-Staff-The-Human-Resources-Challenge-in-a-Competitive-Environment/)
- Turbo-charging the HR Function, ISBN13: 9780852928967, Publication Date: 01 Feb, 2001, Easons (http://www.eason.ie/look/9780852928967/Turbo-charging-the-HR-Function/Paul-Mooney/)
- Union-Free: Creating a Committed and Productive Workforce, Publication Date: 2005, The Liffey Press (http://www.theliffeypress.com/proddetail.php?prod=71-9&cat=16/)
- The Badger Ruse, ISBN-13: 978-1412028974, Publisher: Trafford Publishing (July 6, 2006), Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1412028973/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=/)
- Desperate Executives, ISBN 978-1-905785-39-1, Publication Date: 2008,The Liffey Press (http://www.theliffeypress.com/proddetail.php?prod=39-1&cat=7/)
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