Dr Rodolphe Ocler

Senior Lecturer in Business Strategy

I have been teaching strategy and qualitative research methods for over 15 years to different audiences. I joined the University of Bedfordshire in April 2011 and have been involved in the MBA and transnational education (TNE) programmes since then.

Before that I was Head of the Strategy, Management and Entrepreneurship department of the Chambery Savoy Business School and developed a training program for the International Labour Organization.

When not working, I enjoy taking care of my four cats, listening to jazz music and reading.

Qualifications

Qualification aux fonctions de Maitres de conferences - French Ministry of Education Recognition
PhD in Strategy - Universite Lumiere Lyon 2, France
DEA (Master in Research) - Univresite Lumiere Lyon 2/ E.M Lyon, France
Bcom, Specialist programme in Finance and Accounting - University of Toronto, Canada

Teaching Expertise

Strategic Management unit - MBA University of Bedfordshire
Unit Leader, Strategic Management unit - Kaplan
Unit Leader, Management unit - Kaplan
Unit Leader, PDP in Accounting and Finance - Kaplan
PhD Seminar - University of Bedfordshire
Strategic unit, Exec MBA, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Chambéry, France
Strategic unit, MBA, ECole Supérieure de Commerce de Chambéry, France

Research Interests

Discourse Analysis
Storytelling
Corporate Social Responsibility
Qualitative Research Methods
Critical and Postmodern Approach to Management

Research Projects

Guest Editor, Society and Business Review, Corporate Social Responsibility, Standardization and Critical Management
Consulting for Luton Borough Council

External Roles

Editor for Books, Society and Business Review
Reviewer, Society and Business Review
Reviewer, M@nagement,
Reviewer, Journal of Organizational Change Management

Publications

Professionalism and organization: polysemy of concepts and narratives of actors(with Miguel Delattre) Society and Business Review, Emerald, Volume 8, Number 1, 2013
Les conditions de développement du professionnalisme des cadres en hôpitaux psychiatriques 9avec Miguel Delattre) in Le développement professionnel des cadres apprentissage et gestion des connaissances, Ed Yvon Pesqueux, 2012, p.93-104: Paris,CNDP ESEN
Polysemy of organizations and organization of polysemy: A French approach, (with Miguel Delattre) Management and Marketing Review January 2010
The downside of Downsizing: using research action as consulting process, Annals of the University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series, January 2010
Analyse de discours et organisations: mythes fantasmes, non-dits et quiproquo, edited by Rodolphe Ocler L'Harmattan January 2010
Discourse analysis and social corporate responsibility: a qualitative approach, Society and Business Review, Emerald, Volume 4, Number 3, 2009
Grounding dynamic CRS: a Mass market case analysis (with Miguel Delattre and Pascal Moulette) RESADDERSEE International (RI) , Vol 1 N1, July 2009
Politique d'ancrage d'une dynamique managériale responsable : dispositifs dans la Grande distribution (en collaboration avec Miguel Delattre et Pascal Moulette) RESADDERSEE International (RI) Vol 1 N 1, juillet 2009
Singularity of qualitative research: from collecting information to producing results (with M. Delattre, P. Moulette and K. Rimeyko), Tamara, Journal for Critical Postmodern Organization, Vol 7.2, April 2009