Lecturer

Email: blathnaid.mcgeough@tudublin.ie

Qualifications: MBA, PhD 

Blath McGeough B.Comm, M.B.A, PhD is a Lecturer in Management in TU Dublin. She holds an MBA from NUI Galway and a PhD from Solent Southampton University. Blath lectures in strategy, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and change management. Prior to lecturing, Blath worked as a Marketing Manager in both the public and private sector. Blath has presented papers at the Irish Academy of Management and the British Academy of Management (BAM) conferences in the last four years. She is a member of the BAM Special Interest Group on Responsible and Sustainable Business. In addition, she was a member of The National Stakeholder Forum, set up as a task force to implement the National CSR Plan (2017-2020). Blath was also the TU Dublin (Tallaght Campus) representative on the Priory Institute’s Academic Council for over six years. Blath currently holds a role of external examiner in Munster Technological University, Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest and Ulster University.

Academic Publications

• B.McGeough, R. Leitch, F. McGeough (2022) “The Operationalisation of Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions: An Exploratory Study”. All Ireland Journal of Higher Education, Vol.14, No 3. Article Link Address: https://ojs.aishe.org/index.php/aishe-j/article/view/623
• McGraw Hill (2022) “ Corporate Social Responsibility in Action: A Case Study of KPMG. (Teaching Resource).
• Carmichael Ireland Journal (Summer 2021) “Organisation Resilience in Action: The experiences of Irish Charities during the Covid 19 pandemic” Dr. Blath McGeough and Dr Francis McGeough
• Accountancy Ireland Journal, (Winter 2018) “Measuring the returns from Corporate Social Responsibility for your company: making it happen!” Dr. Blath McGeough and Dr Francis McGeough
• Accountancy Ireland Journal, (2016) “Managing Poor Performers: The Ten Commandments”, Dr. Blath McGeough

Additional Academic Responsibilities

• Conference paper reviewer: American Academy of Management (February 2016)                                            British Academy of Management (2016-2019)
• Paper reviewer:  All Ireland Journal of Higher Education (2022)
• Review and development of on-line learning supports. Crafting and executing Strategy. The quest for competitive advantage (Thompson et al, 2020).

Review Team: Cengage Learning - Review of texts on the area of Strategic Management, Organisation Development and Change

Conference Proceedings/Papers

• February 2021, Organisational Mechanisms: A heuristic and some doubt: A case of Corporate Social Responsibility, Realist Research Evaluation and Synthesis, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Dr Blath McGeough, Prof. Steven Henderson.
• September 2019, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Practitioners: Unlocking their understanding of CSR and its link with strategy, British Academy of Management, Aston University, United Kingdom, Dr Blath McGeough
• September 2018, Measuring the return on Corporate Social Responsibility: the issues and challenges, British Academy of Management, Bristol, United Kingdom, Dr Blath McGeough, Dr Francis McGeough
• September 2017, Ethics and CSR - Identifying the relationship through the lens of the practitioner, British Academy of Management, Warwick, United Kingdom, Dr Blath McGeough
• September 2016, CSR as strategy in Turbulent Times, British Academy of Management, Newcastle, United Kingdom, Dr. Blath McGeough

Teaching and Supervision

Lecturer in Management across Higher Certificate, Degree and Masters’ programmes. The key modules taught are as follows:

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Strategic Management
• Organisational Development and Change
• Research Methods
• Principles of Business

Dissertation Supervision: 

Supervise students at undergraduate and Research Masters’ Level 

• “The Management of Civic Engagement in Higher Education Institutions in Ireland: The Critical Success Factors”, Romy Leitch (passed September 2019)
• Co-supervisor of a PhD thesis “Corporate Social Responsibility through the Wind Turbine Lens - A Closed-loop Evaluation Framework”, Tony Kealy (passed April 2019).
• Co-supervisor of a PhD thesis “ To what extent does the involvement of the human supply chain continuum contribute to the development of significant change management initiatives carried out by Public Service organisations” (commencement September 2022).
• Supervised student dissertations in the Masters’ in Health Services Management, Trinity College Dublin - across a range of business management topics.

Areas of Professional Expertise

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Strategic Management
• Change Management

Committee and Panel Membership

• Member of the BAM Special Interest Group on Responsible and Sustainable Business