Dr Julius (Jules) O'dor MBA, DBA

Associate Head - Global & Academic Partnerships

Social and Economic Research Institute

Summary

I am the Associate Head for Global Academic Partnerships at Sheffield Business School and lead the Business School’s relationship with our Transnational Education Partners.

I am a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of Higher Education Academy as well as being an active non-executive Director.

My teaching is primarily focused on postgraduate students in the areas of strategic management, organizational change and responsible/sustainable leadership.

My research interests include social enterprise, international student experience, responsible & sustainable leadership and education for sustainable development.

I am also an External Examiner at the University of Ulster.

About

I am the Associate Head for Global Academic Partnerships at Sheffield Business School and lead the Business School’s relationship with our Transnational Education Partners.

I initially trained as an IT specialist but have a wide-ranging background spanning both public and private sectors from education and local government to military weapons and IT systems at all levels of management. Before joining Sheffield Hallam, I was the Director of Enterprise for the Government's business support service in the Yorkshire region.

I am a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of Higher Education Academy as well as being an active non-executive Director.

My teaching is primarily focused on postgraduate students in the areas of strategic management, organizational change and responsible/sustainable leadership.

My research interests include social & community enterprise, international student experience, responsible & sustainable leadership and education for sustainable development.

I am currently an External Examiner at the University of Ulster and a guest lecturer at the International Entrepreneurship and Venturing Summer School at the University of Vaasa.

Teaching

Sheffield Business School

Specialises in Strategic Management, Social Enterprise and Organisational Change.

Master Business Administration (MBA)
Post Graduate Diploma Senior Leadership

Managing strategy
Strategy and Innovation
Leading for a sustainable future
Research & consultancy methods

Research

Social and Economic Research Institute

Exploring student’s perspectives on education for sustainable development
Examining the value that students seek from overseas study experiences
Developing institutional approaches to enterprise and entrepreneurship education

Publications

Conference papers

Duffy, M., Davey, S., O'Dor, J., & Wylie, J. (2023). Understanding Full-Time versus Degree Apprentice Students perspectives on Sustainable Education, the case of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 2023 Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, Galway, Ireland, 22 August 2023 - 23 August 2023.

O'Dor, J. (2019). Kite-marks, standards and privileged legal structures; artefacts of constraint disciplining structure choices. In Nogales, R., & Nyssens, M. (Eds.) 7th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, Sheffield, 24 June 2019 - 27 June 2019. EMES International Research Network: https://emes.net/publications/conference-papers/7th-emes-conference-selected-papers/kite-marks-standards-and-privileged-legal-structures-artefacts-of-constraint-disciplining-structure-choices/

O'Dor, J. (2018). Social Enterprise Kite-marks: Symbol of Social Legitimacy or Disciplining Artefacts of Constraint? In International Society for Third Sector Research Conference, Amsterdam, 10 July 2018 - 13 July 2018.

Other activities

External examiner, University of Ulster

Postgraduate supervision

Identifying the barriers and enablers of sustainable innovation. A case study set within the UK food industry
Embedding coordination theory within the information systems development project process