İrem Önal received his BA degree on Management Engineering
from İstanbul University. The subject of her dissertation
was "Organizational Culture and its Effects on Human
Resources Practices". Having extended her interest on
HR there, İrem Önal was accepted to Organizational Psychology
masters program at Koç University same year, as the first
engineer who reached such achievement. At this program, İrem
Önal conducted various researches on mobbing and Hürriyet
İK published one of her researches in the same year. This
very research was deemed worthy of a presentation at the Conference
of Industry Organizational Psychology at Stockholm - Sweden.
During her graduate study, İrem Önal took part in projects
of big companies including Global Bilgi and City Bank and
also provided training there. During her last year at masters
program, Önal served as a part time HR Representative at 3M.
Supported by a 200 people laboratory work, the subject of
her dissertation was "Performance Management and the
Error of Negativity". Her studies were published by various
psychology magazines. After graduating in 2007, İrem Önal
started her career at Türk Tuborg Carlsberg as an HR Specialist,
and focused on hiring, training and performance management
functions. Same year, she and a group of her friends took
the first step to establish "Genç İK" (Young HR
- www.gencikcilar.com), which soon to become the network of
young HR professionals with over 60 members currently. The
group became the leading HR platform in Turkey. Articles about
the group published by Sabah and Habertürk newspapers and
also various interviews and information can be found at the
website of the group. In 2008, İrem Önal joined Frito Lay
and worked on HR processes, organizational management and
development projects. Beside her current position as the Field
Sales HR Manager at PepsiCo Turkey, Önal makes research on
HR Practices, HR Transformation and Organizational Culture.
She continues to use her knowledge on perception-cognitive
processes on general HR processes.
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