Prof. Patrick Flood Achieves International Recognition in HR

DCU Business School would like to congratulate Patrick Flood, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and head, HRM and Organisational Psychology Group, Dublin City University; who was recently awarded as being in HR Magazine’s ‘Most Influential International Thinkers for 2012 - Forward thinking" and ranked 8th out of 10 overall. (Patrick pictured centre at the awards ceremony in London)

The fantastic achievement is a well-deserved accolade for one of the Business School’s valued members. Prof. Flood, as profiled in HR Magazine’s Most Influential, teaches on executive education and EMBA programmes in the areas of leadership and change management. He maintains strong links with industry through consulting and executive education and is a regular conference speaker.

He recently completed a DVD series on leadership for managers together with his colleague, Aoife Mc Dermott. He has taught in Australia, China, Ireland, UK, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia and the US.

Prof. Flood has raised some 1.7million euros with his research team from agencies such as IRCHSS, ESRC and HRB. He is extensively published (more than 40 articles) in leading international journals such as Human Resource Management, Human Relations, Industrial Relations, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Organizational and Occupational Psychology, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, British Journal of Industrial Relations and the British Journal of Management.

He contributes regularly to the media about the implications of his research for management practice. He has also published 14 books and monographs for managers including Persuasive Leadership: Lessons from the Arts (Jossey Bass, 2010), Leadership in Ireland (Blackhall, 2010); Strategy Implementation (Blackwell, 2000), Effective Top Management Teams (Blackhall, 2000) and Managing Without Traditional Methods (Addison Wesley, 1996).

Prof. Flood received his PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE). He has held faculty and visiting appointments at a number of business schools including London Business School, University of Limerick, University of Maryland and the Australian Graduate School of Management. He serves as Academic Fellow at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and is currently Visiting Professor at the Northeastern University, China. He holds the DCU Presidents Award for Research and is the recipient of a Teaching Excellence award.

He is an elected Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS) and is a former Fulbright scholar.

Congratulations again to Patrick and here’s to your future success