Valerie McTaggart

Valerie Mc Taggart PhD (c) is a lecturer in Global Business Services, at the Institute of Technology, ; She has a Degree from the University of Ulster at Jordanstown in Applied Consumer Studies, a BA Hons Degree in Applied Consumer Studies from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, a Master’s in Business from John Moors University Liverpool, and an Ordinary Degree in Teaching and Education from NUIG. I am n the process of completing my PhD which focuses on the 'Digital Transformation in Traditional Organisations’ through DCU School of Business. I am  also the director of IT Sligo’s research team on the Futer Digital Organisation.

Prior to joining IT Sligo as a full-time member of the academic team in 2018, I worked in financial services in Ireland and UK for over twenty years undertaking several roles including project management, leadership and training and development.

I am  research active in a number of areas, presenting her research at several national and international conferences including.

• Valerie McTaggart PhD (c), Lisa Dunne and Sandra Hallinan “Using Student Blogs as a Platform for Student Learning” Polytechnic Summit 2021 Polytechnic Summit at Technological University Dublin Tuesday 1st June to Friday 4th June 2021

• Valerie Mc Taggart PhD (C), Geraldine Barry and Ester Quinn “ The New Kids in the Office Block”. An investigation into the design and use of co-working spaces”. 5th International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, London, August 27-29, 2021 

• Valerie Mc Taggart PhD (c) & John Mc Carthy (08/04/2021-9/04/2021) “How To Sustain Successful Remote Working Post COVID 19: Learning From The Experience Of Implementing A Remote Working Initiative Pre COVID 19; Seventeenth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society, University of Melbourne.
• Valerie Mc Taggart PhD (c) & Sandra Hallinan ‘The Carrot and The Stick” using digital platforms as a collaboration tool in online learning. Irish Teaching and Learning Conference Edtech e 14th January,20201
• Valerie Mc Taggart PhD (c) and Dr. Chris McLaughlin (8/12/20) ‘Critical Success Factors for Implementing Remote Working during COVID 19’ 14th European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM)  Colloquium on Organisational Change and Development  in a Globalised Economy
• Valerie McTaggart (26/08/2020) ‘How Top Management Support a Digital Transformation in a Traditional Organisation’ Irish Academy of Management Conference DCU
• Dr. Breda McTaggart & Valerie McTaggart (14/10 2019) ‘Professional Leadership: “It`s a long road from there to here”. 8th Academic International Conference on Business, Economics and Management, University of Oxford.
• Valerie McTaggart (21/3/2018) ‘Business Process Re-engineering- From classroom to boardroom’ The International Network on Innovative Apprenticeship, Germany
• Valerie McTaggart (1/6/2017) ‘Digital Transformation in Non-Digitally native organisation; disruptive growth and transformational change’.  Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA) EdTech IT Sligo
• Valerie McTaggart (26/07/2017)- ‘Digital Transformation of the Financial Service Sector’. World Finance Conference, Sardinia