Learn Zone
SETU wins National Strategy Prize Competition
A team of MBA students from The South East Technological University (SETU) has won the prestigious National Strategy Competition for 2022, organised for the second consecutive year by Michelle Gallagher, Academic Liaison at the MBA Association of Ireland. The...
How Successful People Collaborate
The Association was delighted to host a webinar on collaboration with acclaimed HBR author Rob Cross. Rob is author of Beyond Collaboration Overload, which reveals how successful people collaborate in ways that enable them to be 18-24% more efficient than their peers. Based on over a decade of research, the book shows how to invest […]
Bryan Murphy wins MBAAI Golf
Congratulations to MBAAI board member Bryan Murphy, who recently won the MBAAI Perpetual Golf Trophy at Powerscourt Golf Club in Co. Wicklow. Bryan squeezed out Ken Greene by the tightest of margins, finishing on the same stableford score of 37 points, but with a...
Good governance standards
The South East chapter of the Association recently hosted a lunchtime webinar with Carolynn Chalmers, CEO of the Good Governance Academy. Designed as an introduction to ISO 37000, the first-international standard for organisational governance, the key topics covered were: The purpose of the standard The governance conditions, principles and key aspects of practice recommended by […]
Better, Simpler Strategy
The Association recently welcomed Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee, author of the HBR title Better, Simpler Strategy, to speak at a virtual event. In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In Better, Simpler Strategy, Felix Oberholzer-Gee shows how these companies […]
New Ways of Working: Employer Guide
The Association was delighted to welcome Kevin Callan of HR and Employment Law specialists Peninsula to speak on the evening of our online AGM in January. Kevin, Consultancy Manager at GraphiteHRM, discussed what employers need to do as they adapt to a new way of working, covering both HR and health & safety aspects, including […]
AGM documents Jan 2022
Please find below links to documents relating to this year's Annual General Meeting: AGM_2022_Proxy_form FINAL Standing Orders 2022 FINAL Minutes of 2021 AGM Presidents Report Secretary's Report Accounts
Best Business Reads of 2021
As part our Christmas event in the RDS. Frank Dillon, business book reviewer with The Irish Times, recently gave us his list of favourite business books of 2021: The Invincible company by Alex Osterwalder et al: The latest from the inventor of the business model...
Changing the rules of the game
Authors Seán Meehan and Charlie Dawson on how easyJet went from poor follower to an innovative and successful leader, spurring arch-rival Ryanair to follow them in becoming more customer-friendly Short-haul travel was revolutionised in the noughties. In the age of the...
Thrive by giving, not taking
Frank Dillon reviews Net positive, how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take, a book that sets out a radical agenda for business to clean up its act. Reading Paul Polman’s Net Positive in the context of the recent COP 26 conference could leave readers with a sinking feeling. Polman’s book – co-authored […]