Dr Paula O'Kane

BSc PhD PGDCHEP (Ulster) FHEA
Senior Lecturer
Post Graduate Network Co-ordinator

Prior to taking up my post as a Senior Lecturer in Management, I was a Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland for five years. My PhD explored the role of technology in Organisational Communication. I have had broad teaching experience across the human resources and organisational behaviour fields and have supervised over 20 Masters Projects as well as coordinating 25 Masters Internships yearly. 

Teaching Interests

Currently the main focus of my teaching is within the field of human resource management and I teach this across a number of degree programmes and levels. I also teach in the organisational behaviour arena and have designed a paper in occupational psychology for management. In the past I have taught interpersonal communication, organisational communication as well as research methods at both the under and post-graduate levels.

Teaching Responsibilities

MANT 214: Human Resource Management
MANT 360: Occupational Pyschology
MANT 432: Advanced Human Resource Management
PHCY 346: Professional Pharmacy Practice B
BMBA 506: Human Resource Management

Research Interests

My current research interests fall across three broad areas. The first relates to the use of technology for communication within organisational setting, with specific focus upon the use and efficacy of social media. The second is concerned with the transfer of training from the classroom to the workplace, and considers how educators and other stakeholders can make training more effective for the individual and their organisation. The third area relates to the role of computer-aided qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) within the research process.

Publications

Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Conference Publications

Contacts

Room 8.19
Tel 64 3 479 8181
Fax 64 3 479 8173
Email paula.okane@otago.ac.nz
Skype paulaokane