Courses taught

Undergraduate: Introduction to Management
Undergraduate: Technology and Operations Management
MBA: Project Portfolio Management
MBA: Environment, Organizations and Sustainability
MSc in Major Programme Management: Designing Effective Programmes

Courses taught for Department of Continuing Professional Development:
Executive: Effective Project Management for Scientists and Engineers
MSc in Sustainable Urban Development: Project and Programme Management

Research interests

Eamonn’s current research focuses on connecting organization theory with theories of project and programme management. He draws upon a variety of methodological approaches, including linguistic analyses based on data from the Oxford English Corpus. This includes a paper that asks why ‘verbing’, the process of turning nouns into verbs, is popular in academic management discourse, a paper that explores the difference between the terms ‘project’ and ‘programme’ and a paper that explores the association of the terms ‘project’ and ‘programme’ with ‘success’ and ‘failure’.  More broadly, his interests lie in understanding the relationships between work, technology and organization. Recently this has included a project exploring the relationships between new medical technologies and the professional identities of Surgeons, supported by an ESRC Advanced Institute of Management award. In the early stages of development is a project that explores the link between capital theory and current policy framings of sustainability, in particular through concepts such as natural capital and eco-system services.

Book chapters:
 



Van Donk, D and Molloy, E (2009) “Rationality and Irrationality in Project Management” in Harper-Smith, P and Derry, S (eds.) Fast-track to Success: Project Management, Financial Times, Prentice-Hall.

Molloy, E (2008) ‘Practice Theory and Management Research'   in Holt, R and Thorpe R (eds) Sage Dictionary of Management Research.  Sage.

Molloy, E and Whittington, R (2006) ‘Reorganisation Projects and Five Uncertainties' in Hodgson, D and Cicmil, S, Making Projects Critical. London: Palgrave.

Molloy, E (2003) “When is a Spade not (only) a Spade? When it’s an Environmental Management Tool” in Winnett, A and Warhurst, A (eds.) Towards an Environment Research Agenda. London, Palgrave.

Journal articles:

Molloy, E and Korica, M. (2009) “Making Sense of Professional Identities: Stories of Medical Professionals and New Technologies” under review with Human Relations.

Molloy, E (2009) “What’s the difference between Projects and Programmes?” under review with the International Journal of Project Management.

Molloy, E and Stewart, A (2009) “Exploring the Popularity-Failure Paradox in Projects and Programmes” presented at the International Research Network on Organizing by Projects Conference, Berlin 2009.

Molloy, E and Van Donk, D, (2008) ‘From Organising as Projects to Projects as Organisations’  International Journal of 
Project Management, 26(2): 129-137.

Whittington, Molloy, Mayer, Smith  (2006) ‘Practices of Strategising/Organising: Broadening Strategy Work' Long Range Planning, 39 (6): 615-29.

Molloy, E and Whittington, R, (2005) ‘The Practice of Organising: Inside and Outside the Processes of Change' Advances in Strategic Management. Vol 22

Reports:

Molloy E, Lucic, L and Kachur, D (2007) ‘Nuclear energy is not what it used to be' Report commissioned by the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society.

Sako, M, McKenna, C, Molloy, E and Ventresca, M. Grand Challenges in Services: Workshop Proceedings (June 2006) available at : http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/faculty/Sako+Mari/GCS.htm

Whittington, R and Molloy, E (October 2005) ‘HR's Role in Organising: Shaping Change' Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Final Report.

Molloy, E and Whittington R, (February 2005) ‘HR: Making Change Happen' Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Executive Briefing Series.

Mayhew, K, Green, F and Molloy, E (2003) ‘Employer Perspectives Survey 2002'. Department for Education and Skills.

Press  


Molloy, 2008 ‘Strategizing Communication’ The Wall Street Journal, November 16th 2008 http://www.livemint.com/2008/11/16222352/Business-at-Oxford--8216St.html

New Statesman 9 October 2006 IT and Modernisation Roundtable Discussion Participant. http://www.newstatesman.com/pdf/itmodernisation2006.htm

Webcast interview for ESRC Interactive Agenda Setting in the Social Sciences. Available at: http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/index.cfm?view=Webcast&ID=20060920_162

Molloy, E and Whittington, R (2005) ‘Communicate, Communicate, Communicate – that's how change managers succeed.' People Management 7 April 38-42.

Whittington, R, Molloy, E, Mayer, M & Smith, A (2004). Corporate Reorganisation. The Times, 28 October

Molloy, E (2002), ‘Social Science in Action' Review of the Clarendon Lectures by Bruno Latour, Saïd Business School, Oxford, 2002. Saïd Business School Magazine.

Book Reviews 



Molloy, E., (2004) book review of Goold and Campbell (2002) ‘Designing Effective Organisations; How to Create Structured Networks’ Human Resource Management Journal 14, 2.

Associations

Associate Fellow of the Said Business School www.sbs.ox.ac.uk

Associate Fellow of the BT Centre for Major Programme Management www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/bt

Associate Fellow of the Institute for Science Innovation and Society www.insis.ox.ac.uk

Associate Fellow of the ESRC Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organizational Performance. www.skope.ox.ac.uk