Tony Dromgoole

Following a number of years in management consulting with KPMG, Tony joined the IMI as Director of the MSc in Management Practice, a joint programme with Trinity College Dublin. He also directs programmes in operations/ manufacturing management and is a faculty member at the School of Business Studies, Trinity College Dublin.

The MSc in Management Practice is designed for chief executives and senior managers. The programme has as its focal point the manager in his/ her organisation. The degree is awarded on the basis of a thesis which documents an initiative taken to strategically reposition the organisation, together with the analysis which underpins the changes made and learning gleaned through the process. The hallmark of the programme is authenticity, focusing as it does in an action learning mode on real change effected by the manager.

On the research front, Tony has authored a large number of papers and is joint editor of “Managing Strategy Implementation”, published by Blackwell (2000). He has led the EU-funded IMI National Action Learning Programme, a major action learning networks project. He is joint editor of “Managers Learning in Action: Management Learning, Research and Education” (Routledge 2004).

Tony was appointed to the Board of IMI in June 2003 and was interim CEO of the IMI from March to August 2004.