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Charles-Henri BESSEYRE DES HORTS

Emeritus Professor

Management & Human Resources

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Biography

Charles-Henri Besseyre des Horts, holder of two doctorates (University of Aix-Marseille and University of California at Los Angeles), is an Emeritus Professor at HEC Paris. He is the past-President of the AGRH (Francophone Association of Academics in HR, 1000 members, 20 Francophone countries). He was, from September 2003 to September 2008, the director of the HEC-Toshiba research chair on 'Nomadism and Mobile Technology' and from September 2012 to July 2015, the director of the HEC-Webhelp research chair on 'Human Capital and Performance'. He has taught for nearly 30 years in all HEC programs: HEC MS in Management (Grande École), HEC MBA, HEC Doctorate, HEC Executive Programs. He created the MS HEC Exed in Strategic HR Management which he led for 15 years.

His research focuses on the management of change in companies and organizations in relation to the digital revolution, the relationship between human capital and corporate performance. He has published numerous articles, including 73 columns in the weekly 'Entreprise & Carrières' since March 2020 and more than 25 books, some of the most recent as a co-author of: 'AI at the Service of HR' (Dunod, September 2020), 'Management by Trust' (Eyrolles, September 2020), 'Hybrid Work & Organization' (MA Editions, April 2021), 'Meaning, DNA of the Responsible Company', (Diateino, June 2021), 'The New Hybrid Organizations' (MA Editions, May 2022), 'The Engineering of Freedoms', (Vuibert, September 2022). He has participated and still actively participates in international consulting and training activities in more than 30 countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. He is, part-time, the Director of Corporate Relations of the FNEGE (French National Foundation for Management Education) and a member of the Scientific Council of ANVIE (a body for reflection and training bringing together large companies and researchers in social sciences)."

Scientific articles

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Working papers

Scientific articles

L'avenir stratégique de la gestion des ressources humaines

Ressources Humaines, January 1988, n° 10, pp 20-22,

Typologies des pratiques de gestion des ressources humaines

Revue Française de Gestion, November-December 1987, n° 65-66, pp 149-155,

Quelles stratégies sociales face aux nouvelles données de l'environnement américain ?

Gestion du Personnel, FNEGE-CERESSEC, October 1985, pp 271-281,

A propos de 'the M-Form Society', entretien avec William Ouchi

Revue Française de Gestion, November-December 1984, n° 49, pp 145-149,

Books

La GRH : une approche internationale

Editions De Boeck, Bruxelles (in coll. with D. Als, F. CHEVALIER, J. Peretti, B. Fabi, M. Bayad )

RH au quotidien - 100 fiches (C.H. Besseyre des Horts Ed.)

Dunod

L'entreprise Mobile, comprendre l'impact des nouvelles technologies

Pearson

Gestion des ressources humaines

Les Editions 4L Inc, De Boeck-Wesmael, Montréal (in coll. with L. Sékiou, L. Blondin, F. CHEVALIER, B. Fabi )

Chapters in edited books

Avoir une vision stratégique des ressources humaines (2e édition)

Tous Drh : Pratique De Gestion Des Ressources Humaines À L'Usage Des Dirigeants Et Superviseurs, J. M. Peretti (Ed.), Editions d'Organisation, Paris

Stratégie sociale

Encyclopédie De Gestion, Vuibert, 862-880

La démarche de recherche qualitative en gestion : comment assurer la fiabilité des informations ?,

Qualité Des Informations Scientifiques En Gestion, FNEGE-ISEOR, 93-102

L'organisation du temps de travail : le cas du travail en continu

Gestion Du Personnel, FNEGE-CERESSEC, 201-208

Proceedings

Working papers

Organizational innovativeness and work environments: towards a theoretical framework

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1991

The relationship between organizational innovation and technology: an exploratory research

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1991

Middle managers as innovators: an exploratory study of the initiation of organizational innovations

Ceressec , 1985

The effects of shiftwork schedules on health, interrole conflict, and turnover intention

Ceressec , 1985

Education

  • Habilitation a diriger des recherches (Qualified Research Supervisor), IAE Aix-Marseille - France
  • Ph.D., Anderson Graduate School of Management - USA
  • M. Phil, UCLA, Anderson Graduate School of Management - USA
  • Doctorat de 3e cycle en sciences de gestion (Ph.D. in Management), IAE Aix-Marseille - France
  • DEA de Sciences de gestion, IAE Aix-Marseille - France
  • Diploma, Ecole Superieure de Commerce d'Amiens (Master Degree in Management), Ecole Supérieure de Commerce d'Amiens - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2015- Emeritus Professor, Management and Human Resources HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Member of the board of the Association Francaise de Gestion des Ressources Humaines (French Association for Human Resources Management)
  • Member, Academy of Management, USA
  • Member, Human Resources Planning Society

Editorial activities

  • Member of the Publications Committee of the Association Francaise de Gestion des Ressources Humaines - French Association for Human Resources Management

  • Conference organisation

  • Co-Directeur du colloque INNOVATION MANAGÉRIALE Les hiérarchies à l’épreuve des nouvelles organisations