Alain BERNARD

Emeritus Professor
department: Management
Campus de Cergy
+33 (0)1 34 43 30 90
Human Resources
Career

Diplomas

  • 1971: Master of Philosophy, Management (Yale University United States of America)
  • 1967: Diplôme d’établissement, Psychology (Sorbonne Université France)
  • 1966: Licence, Psychology (Sorbonne Université France)
  • 1964: Master of Science in Management, Management (ESSEC Business School France)
Career
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2008 – Now : Emeritus Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1991 – 2008 : Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1978 – 1991 : Associate Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1972 – 1977 : Assistant Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
Other Academic Appointments
    • 2006 – 2009 : Academic director / Pedagogical Head (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2002 – 2006 : Other (Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche France)
    • 1992 – 2007 : Lecturer and dissertation reviewer (2 per year) in the DEA program “Développement des Ressources Humaines” (Development of Human Resources) (Conservatoire National des Arts & Métiers (CNAM) France)
    • 1987 – 1997 : Lecturer, Magistère de Droit Social (Social Law Program) (Université Paris X Nanterre France)
    • 1984 : Visiting Professor (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad India)
    • 1977 – 1979 : Academic director / Pedagogical Head (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1974 – 1987 : Lecturer (doctorat program, methodology and research epistomology seminar). (IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management France)
    • 1967 – 1969 : Invited Professor of Human Resources Management (HEC Montréal Canada)
Other appointments
    • 2005 – 2008 : Center Director (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1993 – 2005 : Center Director (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1986 – 1988 : Department head (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1981 – 1983 : Center Director (ESSEC Business School France)
Professional appointments
    • 1975 – 1976 : Année sabbatique Chargé de mission auprès de la Direction Générale des Ressources Humaines (Lafarge France)
Distinctions

Awards

  • 1994 : Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)
Research

Journal articles

Book chapters

Conference Proceedings

Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference

Presentations at a Faculty research seminar

Teaching
Other activities
Research activities
  • Editorial Board Membership
    • 2011 – 2015: Editorial board membership – Revue Française de Gestion
  • Organization of a conference or a seminar
    • 1995 – 1995: La formation continue, élément majeur du développement de l’entreprise (ESSEC-IMD France)
    • 1991 – 1991: Organisateur du 2ème Congrès de l’AGRH (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1984 – 1984: Organisation de la conférence FNEGE – ESSEC Gestion du Personnel L’impact des opportunités et des contraintes de l’environnement contemporain sur les politiques sociales (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1982 – Now: Organisation de la conférence FNEGE-ESSEC Gestion du Personnel Nouvelles pratiques pour les années ’80 (ESSEC Business School France)
  • Function in an academic association
    • 1993 – 1999: Vice-Président Formation de l’AGRH (Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines France)
    • 1990 – 2013: Member of the Scientific Committee and President of workshops in several AGRH congress ( France)
  • Senior or Associate Editor
    • 1992 – Now: Membre du Comité de Rédaction puis Membre du Conseil Scientifique de la Revue de Gestion des Ressources Humaines
  • Member of an academic association
    • 1990 – 2020: Member of the French Association of Human Resources Management (AGRH) (Association Francophone de Gestion des Ressources Humaines France)
Professional activities
  • Member of a professional association, of an expert group or of a board of directors
    • 2001 – 2005: IFIP Treasurer (Association highlighting the qualification and rehabilitation of troubled youth in Val d’Oise) ( France)
    • 2000 – 2003: Expert of the Commission to evaluate diploma-bearing management programs (Comission d’évaluation des formations diplômantes de gestion) chaired by Jean-Pierre Helfer (Institut Supérieur de gestion – Paris, Ecole de Gestion de Commerce et d’Informatique -Toulouse, Ecole de Gestion et de Commerce – Valenciennes) ( France)
    • 1999 – 2001: Administrator of Bâtivert (job placement company) ( France)
    • 1998 – 2000: Consulting for La Poste – How to prepare managers to occupy the company’s higher position: expectations of leaders of La Poste (2000). – The needs in terms of training and development of strategic managers (1998)
    • 1993 – 1996: Member of the Improvement Comittee, Magistère de Droit (Université Paris X Nanterre France)
    • 1993 – 1999: Manager of Cigale du Bontemps (Investors Club for an alternative and regional management of solidarity savings ) ( France)
    • 1975 – 2006: Expert for the FNEGE and the BIT : creation of programs and feasability studies for projects to develop higher education in management (Nigéria, Lituania, Mauritania, Morocco) – Project to create the Institut Supérieur de Management in Mauritanie, for example ( France)
Services
    • 1995 – 2003: Membre du Comité de Direction de l’ESSEC Business School (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1992 – 2001: Membre du Conseil de Surveillance de l’ESSEC (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1984 – 1987: Représentant du corps professoral au Conseil d’Administration de l’ESSEC Business School (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1979 – 1980: Commission Nouvelle procédure de sélection des admis sur titres à l’ESSEC (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1979 – 1979: Commission de réactualisation du statut des professeurs permanents (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1978 – 1986: Membre du Comité pédagogique de l’ESSEC Management Education (formation continue de l’ESSEC) (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1977 – 1983: Membre du Comité pédagogique et du Comité d’Enseignement de l’ESSEC Business School (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1976 – 1982: Représentant du département Sciences Humaines au Comité doctoral de l’ESSEC (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1975 – 2010: Member of the Improvement Council of ISFOGEP and coordination of the ESSEC chapter of the program (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1974 – 1975: Commission Evaluation des Professeurs (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1973 – 1975: Membre du Comité d’Entreprise de l’ESSEC