How will Irish businesses compete on a global scale? The answer, according to Irish Management 2.0 is through: developing the breadth and depth of managerial excellence; increasing levels of organizational flexibility; unleashing the personal innovation capacity at a firm level; and building new collaborative organizational forms that span several industries.

Innovative management, personal creativity and a global mindset are key to Ireland’s economic recovery, according to a new book, Irish Management 2.0, launched at the National University of Ireland in Galway.

Dr James Cunningham, co-editor of the book commented: “The concept of the knowledge economy has changed the management paradigm for Irish managers. As our economy shifts from an over-reliance on construction, over the coming years the key challenge for all Irish businesses will lie in fundamentally changing the way Irish managers and businesses do business and through international competitiveness”.

In order to hone managerial excellence in Ireland, Irish Management 2.0 argues that there must be greater investment in managerial development at firm level; an alignment of management styles and paradigms to the knowledge economy; changes in managerial mindset, conceptualization of organizations and competitive contexts; and significant changes in collaborations between Irish managers and business school academics, both nationally and internationally.

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About the Author Ed Naughton Ed Naughton, BE, C. Eng., F.I.E.I, IPMA-a, PMP, is the founder and Director General of the Institute of Project Management of Ireland, the leading authority on the PM profession in Ireland.  He is also an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today. Ed is a former Vice President of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). Ed has researched, published and presented many articles and papers on project management and is the author of the Irish Project Management Competence Baseline. During his thirty year career, Ed has worked as a project manager and/or project management consultant on a large variety of high profile domestic and international assignments. Ed Naughton is a graduate of University College Dublin (BE, civil), a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland, a Chartered Engineer (Ireland), a Professional Engineer in Canada, and holds IPMA Level A certification.  He is former editor of the quarterly international publication “Project Management Practice”. Ed lives in Dublin and can be contacted at info@projectmanagement.ie. Additional information about Ed Naughton can be found at www.projectmanagement.ie.

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