Professor Frank BOURNOIS - Biography

Biography Summary:

Present position:

• Professor at the Université Paris Panthéon - Assas - Paris II where he is Director of the CIFFOP (Inter-disciplinary Centre for Training in Personnel Management)
• Manager of the Human Resources Management and Industrial Relations DESS
• Director of the new technology management IUP

Previous teaching, research and administrative posts:

• 2000-2001: Member of the examining board for the initial competitive examination in management science (2000-2001)
• 1999-2000: Member of the examining board for the second competitive examination in management science
• 1997-2001: Defence Studies and Teaching Manager at the IHEDN (Institute for Advanced Studies in National Defence) –
  Prime Minister’s department
• 1997-2001: Chairman of the Commission of Management Science Specialists at the Université Paris II
• 1994-1997: Open professorship at the IAE - Université Jean Moulin Lyons III – founder and manager of the International
  Management DEA
• 1991-1993: Senior lecturer – founder and manager of the Human Resources Management DESS and the Small
  Organisation Management DESS
• 1987-1991: Professor - Assistant then Professor at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Lyons
• 1987-1991: Assistant to the Director of Executive Management in the Rhône–Poulenc Group’s Fibres Division

Background:

Agrégé in management science, DEA, MBA (psychosociology) of Aston University and graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Lyon

Research:

International management comparisons, human resources strategy and management, organisational behaviour, strategic and
economic intelligence, executive and career management, spotting a managerial capability, national defence and management.

Teaching fields:

• Managing and organising human resources, organisation psycho sociology, international management, economic intelligence
  and strategic information…
• Visiting Professor of several foreign universities: Oxford University - Saint John’s College (UK), Cranfield University (UK),
  University of Utah (USA), Liverpool University (UK), LIUC (Italy), North London University (UK),…

Publications in French and English:

• 13 Books
• 13 chapters
• Around thirty articles in scientific reviews with reading committees

Drafting committee:

Member of the Editorial Board of International journals:

• Human Resource Management (GB)
• Journal of Managerial Psychology
• Revue française de géoéconomie
• Revue Défense

Member of the Executive Bureau of the French speaking Association of Management and Human Resources.

Awards and decorations:

• Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (GB)
• National Defence award
• Award of voluntary military service.

Personal details:

Name: BOURNOIS
First name: Frank
Date of birth: 23 November 1962
Marital status: Single
Nationality: French
Military status:

• Specially assimilated to the Armed Forces general inspection (since 1998)
• Previously Artillery reserve officer (1986) and Army commissariat - Reserve officer of the General Staff services (O.R.S.E.M)
• Auditor of the 49th national session of the IEHDN.

Address: "Traboules" 58 bis boulevard Richard-Lenoir - 75011Paris
Office Tel. No.: 014329 8486
Fax :No. : 014355 5569

Main occupation: University Professor (1st Class since 01/09/2000)

Teaching place: Panthéon University - Assas - Paris II - Director of CIFFOP – 83 bis rue Notre-Dame des Champs- 75006 Paris

French University diplomas and titles:

• Winner of Management Science competitive examination
• Accredited to direct research, Université Jean Moulin Lyons 3
• Doctorate in Management Science, Université Jean Moulin Lyons 3, highest-level distinction with unanimous summa cum laude
• DEA in Management Science, upper second, Université Jean Moulin Lyons 3
• Graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Lyons, year of 1984

Foreign Universities diplomas and titles:

• M.B.A of Aston University (GB) – (psycho sociology) under the direction of Prof. John Child

Publications: see Publications

Research: see Research

Teaching and Consultancy: see Consultancy

Administrative Responsibilities:

A. Present administrative responsibilities:
University responsible:

During 2001-2002:

• Development of management courses
• Director of CIFFOP (Inter-Disciplinary Centre for Training in Personnel Management)
• Director of IUP, new technologies management

Others:

• Course and defence studies manager at the Institute for Advanced Studies in National Defence
• Coordinator between the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Education for defence studies in France.
• Technical expert at Direction de la Recherche (2000-2001)

B. Previous administrative responsibilities:
Universitaires:

• 2000-2001: Member of the national examining board for initial competitive examinations (2000/2001 under the direction of
  Pr. Maurice Saias
• 1999-2000: Member of a national jury of the second concours d’agrégation (1999/2000) under the direction of Pr. Robert Reix
• 1997-2001: Delivering administration (recruitment of colleagues, creating a committee of management specialists, assembling
  diploma accreditation dossiers)
• Design and implementation of learning for all students in the year of DESS of CIFFOP
• 1994-1997: Responsable for DEA International Management. University Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
• 1993-1995: Responsible for DESS small and medium companies management, University Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
• 1991-1993: Co-responsable for DESS of Human Resources Management at Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
• 1993-1995: Member of the scientific council, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3
• 1993-2001: Member of the specialist panel on 'Management' in several universities, (Lyon III, Savoie, Strasbourg III ,…).

Others:

• 1997-2001: Responsible for teaching information and studies at IHEDN – (Prime Minister department).
• 1988-1995: Co-director of the HRM collection at Eyrolles publishing company, 61 Bd Saint-Germain, 75007 Paris.

Professional Associations and relations with companies:

• Member of the executive committee and treasurer of the French Association of Human Resources, (since 1994)
• Member of the Scientific committee in charge of organising the congresses of Paris, (1996), Montreal (1997),
  Saint-Quentin en Yvelines (1998) and Lyon (1999)
• Member of:
  - IPM, Institute of Personnel Management (UK)
  - AIB, Association of International Business
  - DGFP, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Personalführung
  - ANDN, National Defence Association
• Expert mission at AEDP – European Association of Staff Directors
• Ad hoc visits as consultant/expert in executive management in major French and foreign companies, (Rhône-Poulenc,
  Groupe CIC, Compagnie Générale de Chauffe, Price Waterhouse, City University…)
• 1986-1991: Part time teacher in charge within the ESC group in Lyon. Successively deputy (1986) assistant professor (1988)
  and professor (1990), we designed teaching modules in Human Resources Management (HRM) and organisational
  psycho-sociology in French and English
• 1987-1991: Assistant director of executive management at Rhône-Poulenc Fibres et Polymères. As part time employees of
  theRhône-Poulenc group, we were helping Rhône-Poulenc Fibres executive HRM in designing management tools
  (performance assessing, preparing career interviews, position assessment, salaries simulations), and in setting up an
  international system of executives management (about 1300 executives, out of which 900 were in Europe)