Primary Department
Business School
Role
Assistant Professor of Management
Work Area/Key Responsibilities
Operations Management
Phone number: 01 700
8323
Email Address
colum.foley@dcu.ie
Academic biography
Dr. Colum A. Foley completed an EdD in Educational Leadership with the DCU Institute of Education in 2021. His dissertation was entitled The Rhetoric, Policy Practice Gap: A Study of Online Learning in Irish Higher Education. He has over twenty years of Industrial Management experience in the areas of Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Customer Service, and Managing Change. He joined DCU Business School in 2020 having previously taught in Open Education and Oscail at DCU. In addition, he has taught across the sector in a wide range of Further and Higher Educational Institutions in Operations Management-related subjects. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Management of Operations from D.C.U. . His Master's thesis was on Managing Change for Sustainability. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from U.C.C. majoring in Management and Marketing. Colum's research is in the areas of Online Learning Policy, Managing Change, Humanitarian Operations, and Sustainable Management.
Research interests
Change Management, Online Teaching & Learning, Policy, Leadership, Operations Management, Sustainability. Colum is a member of the
Digital Learning Research Network which includes over 50 staff with a research interest, and range of
scholarly outputs, in this area.
