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L'apport de la sociologie pragmatique française aux études critiques en management

01 Feb 2015-Rae-revista De Administracao De Empresas (Fundação Getulio Vargas)-Vol. 55, Iss: 2, pp 162-174
TL;DR: In this paper, a sociologie pragmatique francaise (SP), inspired by des travaux de Luc Boltanski et Laurent Thevenot, is proposed as an approche de performativite critique.
Abstract: La sociologie pragmatique francaise (SP), inspiree des travaux de Luc Boltanski et Laurent Thevenot, est de plus en plus utilisee par les etudes organisationnelles en management. Pourtant, la dimension critique de cette approche n'a pas encore ete integree au profit de la connaissance en management et organisations (MOK). Dans cet article, nous explicitons l'apport que cette sociologie peut representer pour les etudes critiques en management (CMS). En tant que science de la science des acteurs, nous suggerons que la SP est fertile pour developper une approche de performativite critique. En particulier, nous demontrons que l'approche permet de mettre en lumiere les nouvelles formes de domination plus complexes s'exercant dans les organisations contemporaines. En utilisant des etudes empiriques d'organisations mobilisant la SP, nous montrons comment les concepts de compromis et d'epreuve developpes par cette approche presentent un outillage permettant de renouveler la critique des organisations au profit de la MOK.

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TL;DR: Forum Presentation on challenges relating to Anglo-Saxon hegemony in knowledge about organizations as mentioned in this paper, presented at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. USA. 2017
Abstract: Forum Presentation on challenges relating to Anglo-Saxon hegemony in knowledge about organizations.

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  • ...Finally, in his paper “L’apport de la sociologie pragmatique francaise aux etudes critiques en management”, the French scholar Taupin (2015) argues for the importance of French pragmatic sociology, mainly from Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot, to the critique of domination in organizations....

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14 Mar 2018
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative-documentary type of methodology and a hermeneutic method were used by studying, firstly, the theoretical foundations of traditional administration and, secondly, interpreting the constituent elements of the “dialogue” category in Gadamer's thinking so as to create a discussion about how Gadamerian postulates may serve as the basis to build a dialogic administration proposal, where dialogue is rescued from instrumentation, and given its place as the most humane in men within an organization and then become an integral part of the organizational culture.
Abstract: Traditional administration, the normative-cut and exacerbated-control one, is still in force in theoretical-type proposals as much as it is in business practices, which is due to the resistance to give up instrumental rationality within organizational management. This phenomenon has permeated all the dimensions experienced in an organization; even the most human acts, such as dialogue and communication, have been prey to instrumentation. The purpose of this paper is to set forth the need for dialogic administration capable of overcoming the fundamental pillars of traditional instrumental management. To accomplish this task, a qualitative-documentary type of methodology and a hermeneutic method were used by studying, firstly, the theoretical foundations of traditional administration and, secondly, by interpreting the constituent elements of the “dialogue” category in Gadamer’s thinking so as to create a discussion about how Gadamerian postulates may serve as the basis to build a dialogic administration proposal, where dialogue is rescued from instrumentation, and given its place as the most humane in men within an organization and then become an integral part of the organizational culture, because it provides recognition to each person’s uniqueness and promotes learning processes.

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  • ...This supposes, on the part of directives, the capacity to recognize that knowledge in the organization cannot exclusively proceed from top management, but that it is rather a process that emerges from successful conversations, formal and informal, in all directions of possible relationships within of the entity (Bedard and Chanlat, 1997; Taupin, 2015)....

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  • ...…del Valle (Cruz, 1998, 2002, Cruz, Aktouf and Carvajal, 2003, Rojas, 2003), have yielded research in the CMS field, gathering from interdisciplinarity so urgent to understand administrative practices, especially from French sociology, which has contributed notoriously in this field (Taupin, 2015)....

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  • ...field, gathering from interdisciplinarity so urgent to understand administrative practices, especially from French sociology, which has contributed notoriously in this field (Taupin, 2015)....

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  • ...…to recognize that knowledge in the organization cannot exclusively proceed from top management, but that it is rather a process that emerges from successful conversations, formal and informal, in all directions of possible relationships within of the entity (Bedard and Chanlat, 1997; Taupin, 2015)....

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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors take recourse to a particular branch of French Pragmatic Sociology, namely, Boltanski and Thévenot's "orders of worth" paradigm, as a lens through which to both explore the misalignment between espoused values and retrospective discourses and illustrate the underlying motivations behind decision making in an organisation within the creative industries sector.
Abstract: This article takes recourse to a particular branch of French Pragmatic Sociology, namely, Boltanski and Thévenot’s ‘orders of worth’ paradigm, as a lens through which to both explore the misalignment between espoused values and retrospective discourses and illustrate the underlying motivations behind decision making in an organisation within the creative industries sector. By virtue of its contributions at the organisational, social and sectorial levels, our study contributes to extant debates pertaining to individual agency versus structural constraints as well as demonstrating the heterogeneity of modes of formal compliance to wider institutionalised legitimacy. In so doing, it builds upon recent work that seeks to broaden the notion of value in the creative industries, while, simultaneously, calling for greater heterogeneity in policy making in the sector through an ongoing process of ‘creative conflict’.

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TL;DR: Critical Management Studies (CMS) as discussed by the authors is a popular area of research in management, and it has attracted a growing interest in recent years, with a combination of political, institutional and epistemological trends.
Abstract: We have recently witnessed a growing, if still arguably marginal, interest in `Critical Management Studies' (CMS). Our aim in this paper is to reflect upon the popularization of CMS; more specifically, we propose to examine the various factors that have contributed to its emergence, and to review the significance of its project. We start by exploring the conditions of possibility for CMS and point to a combination of political, institutional and epistemological trends. In the second part of the paper, we consider what constitutes `CMS' and suggest that whilst it draws upon a plurality of intellectual traditions, CMS is unified by an anti performative stance, and a commitment to (some form of) denaturalization and reflexivity. Finally, we articulate the polemics around which CMS politics have been contested, in particular we review the debates between neo-Marxism and post-structuralism, and discuss the issue of engagement with management practice.

933 citations

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01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: Stark as mentioned in this paper argued that the friction of competing criteria of worth promoted an organizational reflexivity that made it easier for the company to change and deal with market uncertainty, and that the dissonance of diverse principles can lead to discovery.
Abstract: What counts? In work, as in other areas of life, it is not always clear what standards we are being judged by or how our worth is being determined. This can be disorienting and disconcerting. Because of this, many organizations devote considerable resources to limiting and clarifying the logics used for evaluating worth. But as David Stark argues, firms would often be better off, especially in managing change, if they allowed multiple logics of worth and did not necessarily discourage uncertainty. In fact, in many cases multiple orders of worth are unavoidable, so organizations and firms should learn to harness the benefits of such "heterarchy" rather than seeking to purge it. Stark makes this argument with ethnographic case studies of three companies attempting to cope with rapid change: a machine-tool company in late and postcommunist Hungary, a new-media startup in New York during and after the collapse of the Internet bubble, and a Wall Street investment bank whose trading room was destroyed on 9/11. In each case, the friction of competing criteria of worth promoted an organizational reflexivity that made it easier for the company to change and deal with market uncertainty. Drawing on John Dewey's notion that "perplexing situations" provide opportunities for innovative inquiry, Stark argues that the dissonance of diverse principles can lead to discovery.

930 citations


"L'apport de la sociologie pragmatiq..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Ce dernier souligne la référence de McInerney aux Cités dans son travail ethnographique (McInerney, 2008) ainsi que le lien historique entre Stark et la SP (Stark, 2000 ; Stark, 2009)....

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TL;DR: The second edition of Making Sense of Management as discussed by the authors has been written to appeal to a broader readership and open up critical theory for the general management student, with new sections on HRM, brands, identity, ethics and leadership.
Abstract: The first edition of Making Sense of Management set out to provide a fresh perspective on management that was both broad and critical, exploring how the disruptive and constructive potential of critical theory can be realized in organizations. Along the way, it has proven to be a landmark contribution to critical management studies. As well as setting the agenda for current research, this revised edition has been written to appeal to a broader readership and open up critical theory for the general management student. New sections on HRM, brands, identity, ethics and leadership have been fully developed alongside the rest of the text to reflect the current state of play in critical management studies. The second edition of Making Sense of Management will be of interest to students and researchers in critical management studies and students on general management courses with a critical perspective.

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TL;DR: The authors deconstructs and reconstructs the story text from a feminist perspective, examining what it says, what it does not say, and what it might have said, suggesting that organizational efforts to help women have suppressed gender conflict and reified false dichotomies between public and private realms of endeavor.
Abstract: This paper begins with a story told by a corporation president to illustrate what his organization was doing to “help” women employees balance the demands of work and home. The paper deconstructs and reconstructs this story text from a feminist perspective, examining what it says, what it does not say, and what it might have said. This analysis reveals how organizational efforts to “help women” have suppressed gender conflict and reified false dichotomies between public and private realms of endeavor, suggesting why it has proven so difficult to eradicate gender discrimination in organizations. Implications of a feminist perspective for organizational theory are discussed.

584 citations


"L'apport de la sociologie pragmatiq..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Ainsi les CMS ont-elles expliqué la domination masculine au travail (Martin, 1990), l’utilisation du langage comme facteur de reproduction du pouvoir (Alvesson & Willmott, 2003), la perpétuation de la domination occidentale à travers l’impérialisme de la diffusion du management (Frenkel & Shenhav,…...

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01 Apr 2009
TL;DR: The authors argue that critical management studies (CMS) should be conceptualized as a profoundly performative project, and suggest a range of tactics including affirming ambiguity, working with mysteries, applied communicative action, exploring heterotopias and engaging micro-emancipations.
Abstract: We argue that critical management studies (CMS) should be conceptualized as a profoundly performative project. The central task of CMS should be to actively and pragmatically intervene in specific debates about management and encourage progressive forms of management. This involves CMS becoming affirmative, caring, pragmatic, potential focused, and normative. To do this, we suggest a range of tactics including affirming ambiguity, working with mysteries, applied communicative action, exploring heterotopias and engaging micro-emancipations.

576 citations