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

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1582 489105
E: rodolphe.ocler@beds.ac.uk