Ireland
Brian Harney BA (Hons), MBS, PhD (Cambridge), MCIPD is Head of Work Psychology Strategy and Professor in Strategy & HRM at DCU Business School. He is founder and former Programme Director of the award winning BSc in Digital Business & Innovation (#AACSB Innovation that inspires award 2023; Education Awards best student experience 2022) and former Programme Director of the award-winning MSc in HRM (gradIreland Best Postgraduate Course 2016). Brian’s research focuses on the intersection of Strategy and HRM, with a particular focus on SMEs, growth and knowledge-intensive sectors. His research has received over 18 Best Paper awards and is widely published. Brian is the author of several books including recent edited collections The Global Case Book (Routledge), Reframing HRM in SMEs (Palgrave Macmillan) and Protecting the Future of Work (Emerald). He is the only DCU faculty member to have won both categories of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (new lecturer and overall award), and in 2020 was the recipient of the Academy of Management HR Division Innovative Educator award. Brian has designed and delivered executive education programmes for clients including Enterprise Ireland, Invest Northern Ireland, and the Irish Stock Exchange. Brian serves as the Irish Ambassador for the HR Division of the Academy of Management where he held the position of elected representative at large (2020-2023). Previously he was an elected Board Member of the European and Irish Academy of Management. Brian has held visiting positions in China, Slovenia, Canada and the US. He serves as an Associate Editor for HRM an ABS 4/FT50 Journal and is on the Editorial Board of Human Relations, the International Journal of HRM, Employee Relations and the Irish Journal of Management. In 2019 he was Co-Chair of the Academy of Management HR Division International Conference hosted by DCU. Brian is Guest Editor for Special Issues of IJHRM, HRM Review, HRM, International Small Business Journal and Employee Relations. He has secured competitive funding in excess of 3 million Euro and was DCU PI of the EU RISE funded GETM3 project and advisor on GETM4. External examiner appointments include University of Warwick, University of Sheffield, University of York, UCD, and UCC while Brian served as judge for the annual Gov HR Summit (GCC) and National CIPD awards. In terms of charitable endeavours Brian has delivered a 24-hour non-stop lecture for charity and the Christmas lectures for LauraLynn (Children's hospice) .
Tasked with leading the design, co-creation, accreditation and roll out of the DCU Futures BSc in Digital Business Innovation. Submitted the DCU institutional application for the Higher Education Best Student Experience Award (2002) and awarded the 2023 AACSB Innovation that inspires award for global innovation in curriculum design. The program was designed based on the following principles: Eliminate—Terminal examinations: the degree is the first in Ireland to be based on 100 percent continuous assessment. Reduce—Traditional lecture format and timetable; assessment pinch points; exclusive reliance on face-to-face format. Raise—Industry engagement through multiple touchpoints rather than exclusively for work placements; formative learning opportunities; tech-rich assessment; student community; opportunity for holistic self-development; recognition of failure (Ireland’s first dedicated module on failure); number of longer—10-credit—and yearlong modules. Create—Teaching blocks via sprints and hackathons; autonomous learning pathways; international virtual collaboration; themed learning journey and work placement; live learning portfolio; suite of modules focused on personal development. By September 2023 112 students were studying the BSc in Digital Business and Innovation