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The Dean
Professor Tom Begley is currently the Dean of the UCD School of Business, which includes UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and UCD Quinn Business School.
The Dean’s Message
The word ‘welcome’ is defined in my dictionary as a greeting of people or ideas. And that’s what UCD Smurfit School is all about. The coming together of like minded people of many nationalities to forge, fuse and welcome new thinking that will shape the world we live in. The sharing of ideas is at the core of the School’s pre-eminence.
Our world class team of professors take learning outside the remits of academia to provide a degree of personal interaction and mentorship that is unique to our school. Our range of expertise is reflected in our success.
We’re the leading business school in Ireland and compete with the best in Europe. We’ve achieved the triple crown of accreditation from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA and we are consistently ranked in the Top 100 business schools in the world by the Financial Times.
Despite its recent economic challenges, Ireland is still an exciting country to live, study and work in. As a small open economy closely attuned to global affairs, Ireland offers a distinctive vantage point to the world. And UCD Smurfit School provides the window. So, a warm welcome to our unique and beautiful campus.
About The Dean
Professor Tom Begley’s primary teaching and consulting interests are in the areas of organisational change, cross-cultural management, and team development. His consulting clients have included Fortune 500 companies, governments, and non-profit organisations in several countries.
He has held visiting appointments at universities in Singapore, Indonesia, France, and the US and is a faculty member in the College of Business Administration at Northeastern University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall University and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees are from Cornell University.
Professor Begley has published numerous articles on organisational change, cross-cultural management, and global issues in human resource management in academic and practitioner-oriented publications.
