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Dr Niamh O Riordan BA.,H.Dip.,MBS.,PhD

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Title Lecturer (Fixed Term)
Address Bis
School of Business &
Economics
Nui Galway
Telephone: Ext. 2847
Email:
ei.yawlagiun@nadroiro.hmain

 

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Biography:

Dr. Niamh O Riordan is a lecturer in Business Information Systems (BIS) in the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at NUI, Galway. Dr O Riordan previously held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship that was funded by the Irish Social Sciences Platform (ISSP) under PRTLI4 (Programme for Research in third Level Institutions). Her doctoral research was carried out at University College Cork, Ireland. Her research interests lie in the areas of software development and software-based innovation and her research has been published in the fields of decision making, innovation and virtual worlds. Niamh has also worked as a photo journalist and travel writer and is an accomplished musician.

Research Interests

Innovation; knowledge management; knowledge creation; social media; social networking; virtual worlds; decision making; decision support
 
     

Peer Reviewed Journals

O RIORDAN, N. & O'REILLY, P. (2011) 'Virtual Worlds: S(t)imulating Creativity in Decision Making'. Journal Of Decision Systems, . [Details]
 

Conference Publications

O RIORDAN, N., ADAM, F. & O'REILLY, P. (2009) Innovation in virtual worlds: social structure and diffusion. Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Information Systems. Verona. (2009) O RIORDAN, N., ADAM, F. & O'REILLY, P. (2009) Innovation in virtual worlds: social structure and diffusion Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Information Systems [Details]
O RIORDAN, N.; ACTION, T.; CONBOY, K.; GOLDEN, W. (2012) It’s About Time: Investigating The Temporal Parameters Of Decision-Making In Agile Teams International Conference On Information Systems Development Prato, Italy, [Details]
O RIORDAN, N., ACTION, T., CONBOY, K., GOLDEN, W. (2012) Decision-Making In Agile Software Development Teams: Solving The Optimal Timing Problem InterTrade Ireland All-Island Innovation Programme 2012 Annual Conference National University of Ireland, Galway, [Details]
O RIORDAN, N. & ADAM, F. (2012) Innovation co-creation in a virtual world European Conference on Information Systems [Details]
                                                                                                                                                         
 

Associations

Association: Association of Information Systems, Function/Role: Member of
           

Education

Year 2011 Institution: University College Cork
Qualification: Phd Subject: Business Information Systems

Languages

Spanish:
Irish:
English:
       

Teaching Interests

2013: Nominated for the President's Award in Teaching Excellence 


Courses Taught

2006-2010

eCommerce and eBusiness

4th year undergraduate (BComm)


2012-2013

Advanced Application Development II (Java)

2nd year undergraduate (BSc BIS)


2012-2013

Business Application Development (VB)

1st year undergraduate (BSc BIS)


2012-2013

Advanced Applications Programming (Java)

Postgraduate level (MSc ISM)


 

Curriculum Development

2013-2014

Research Methods

Postgraduate level (MSc and PhD)


2013-2014

Research Methods II

Postgraduate level (MSc and PhD)


 

Research Supervision

2012-2013

Co-supervisor of Daniel Scott

Master’s dissertation (ongoing)


2012-2013

Graduate Research Committee  member

Ph.D. Students in BIS (6)


 

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