ResearchLetterkenny

Community development research at Letterkenny Institute of Technology

Letterkenny IT seeks to continuously develop as an academic institution of international standing and quality, which serves national, and regional educational needs. In so doing it strives to contribute to the economic, community, technological, sociological and cultural development of Ireland and in particular the North West.

The Institute is currently establishing a Community/Local Development Support Unit on campus, recently named Tuath, which has three broad objectives: Development Education; Capacity Building; and Research and Policy Development. This unit will be managed in partnership with the Community Development Unit in Donegal County Council.

Representatives from the college also serve on various community taskforce and consultation bodies within the county such as An Stratais, a two-year programme to develop a integrated development plan for Donegal.

Paul McCusker and David O’Donnell will work on this project. Their relevant publications include:

1. O’Donnell, D. and G. Porter (2003) "Creating intellectual capital through communicative action". Chapter 22 in Michael Beyerlein, Craig McGee, Gerald Klein, Jill Nimero & Laurie Broedling (Eds), The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook: Strategies for Building Successful Teams, Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.
2. O'Donnell, D., P. O’Regan, B. Coates, T. Kennedy, B. Keary & G. Berkery (2002) "Human interaction: The critical source of intangible value". Journal of Intellectual Capital, 4(1).
3. O'Donnell, D., G. Porter, D. McGuire, T. N. Garavan, M. Heffernan & P. Cleary (2003) "Creating intellectual capital: A Habermasian community of practice (CoP) introduction". Journal of European Industrial Training, 27(2,3,4), Special Issue on Workplace Learning.
4. O’Donnell, D. & L. B. Henriksen (2002) "Philosophical foundations for a critical evaluation of the social impact of ICT". Journal of Information Technology, 17(2), 89-99.
5. O’Donnell, D., N. Bontis, P. O’Regan, T. Kennedy, P. Cleary & A. Hannigan (2002) CFO involvement in e-Business: e-Architects or Foot-soldiers?. MIT e-Commerce Research Forum Working Paper Series, No. 230.
6. McCusker, P., McDaid P., and O’Dubhchair K. (1999) "Knowledge management in the community". Journal of the international Knowledge Society, 1.
7. McCusker, P., McDaid P., and O’Dubhchair K. (1998) Community Advisory Panels – a Handbook. University of Ulster.
8. McCusker, P., McDaid P., and O’Dubhchair K. (1998) Using Focus Groups in the Community. University of Ulster.