Dr Patrice Cooper

Biography

Research Interests

My doctoral research intersects the literatures of leadership, knowledge and learning. My research involves an in-depth exploration of how 'leaders' learn. It supports an alternative view of learning as a social or situated practice, with knowledge growing out of the interplay between interpersonal relationships and every day 'sense-making' activities. In studying the critical events and relationships (economic and non-economic) that influence what and how leaders know, it adopts a biographical approach that draws on the lived experiences of leaders.

Within the field of strategic management, (my core teaching area), I am currently interested in developing an understanding of the nature of non-conventional strategic behaviours such as the merging of competitive and co-operative approaches in the form of 'coopetition'. In particular I am interested in the critical issues related to the management of coopetition and the types of learning that organisations experience under coopetition?

I am also interested in the strategic concerns of organisations operating within the so-called third sector or the social economy.

Affiliations

• Member, Strategic Management Society (SMS) (/)
• Member, Irish Academy of Management (IAM) (/)
• Member, British Academy of Management (BAM) (/)
• Member, SMS Special Interest Groups (/)

Modules

• Leadership, Strategy and Change
• Developing Managers: Current Issues in Management and Marketing
• Minor Thesis

Education

• University College Cork , Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2007)
• The University of Limerick , Bachelor of Business Studies, Business Studies (1987)
• University College Cork , MBS, Strategy and Competition (1993)
• The Cork Institute of Technology , Certificate, Certificate in Business Studies (1984)
• The Carlow Institute of Technology , Diploma, Diploma in Business Studies (1985)

Employment

• Lecturer in Management, University College Cork (01-OCT-98 /)
• Temporary/Contract Lecturer in Management, University College Cork (01-JAN-93 / 31-DEC-98)
• Fundraiser, UK Charity Scope (01-JAN-90 / 31-DEC-91)
• Brand Manager, Yoplait, Waterford Foods Irl. (01-JAN-88 / 31-DEC-90)

Publications