Conference Truth and memory: New ethical challenges in global organizations

Este artículo contiene la transcripción de la conferencia magistral de Jean-Philippe Bouilloud en el Coloquio Repensando la Relación Europa-América Latina en un Mundo en Disrupción, organizado por el Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche Amérique Latine Europe (CERALE) y la Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES) en 2018. El coloquio tuvo como ejes la innovación, el emprendimiento y el desarrollo sostenible, y se realizó en la sede UNIANDES de Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) entre el 30 de mayo y el 1 de junio de 2018.This article contains the transcript of the master conference by Jean-Philippe Bouilloud at the Colloquium Rethinking the Europe-Latin America relationship in a world in disruption, organized by the Center d’Etudes et de Recherche Amérique Latine Europe (CERALE) and the University of Los Andes (UNIANDES) in 2018. The colloquium focused on innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainable development and took place at the UNIANDES campus in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) between May 30 and June 1, 2018

De la « crisologie » à la « risquologie »

In his article "Pour une crisologie" (1976), Edgar Morin calls for the creation of a discipline capable of apprehending crises, reconciliating and overcoming social life antagonisms. If social sciences de facto focussed on "crises" (social, economic, political…), they haven't done that by adopting the perspective advocated by him. In their topics, they have not privileged the effectiveness of the crisis, but its potentiality, i.e. the risk (psychosocial, environmental…).Dans son article de 1976, «Pour une crisologie», Edgar Morin appelle de ses voeux la création d'une discipline qui soit à même de comprendre les crises, dans l'intégration et le dépassement des antagonismes du social. Si les sciences sociales se sont de facto focalisées sur des «crises» (sociales, économiques, politiques…), elles ne l'ont pas fait dans la perspective qu'il pressentait. Elles ont privilégié dans leurs objets non pas l'effectivité de la crise mais sa potentialité, c'est-à-dire le risque (psychosocial, environnemental…).En su artículo de 1976, "Por una crisologia", Edgar Morin llama de sus votos la creación de una disciplina que este en condiciones de comprender las crisis, en la integración y el adelantamiento de los antagonismos del social. Si las ciencias sociales se enfocaron de facto en las "crisis" (sociales, económicas y políticas), no lo hacen en la perspectiva que el esperaba. Privilegiaron en sus objetos no la efectividad de la crisis, pero su potencialidad, es decir el riesgo (psicosocial, medioambiental…).Bouilloud Jean-Philippe. De la « crisologie » à la « risquologie ». In: Communications, 91, 2012. Passage en revue - Nouveaux regards sur 50 ans de recherche - Coordonné par Nicole Lapierre, sous la direction de Nicole Lapierre. pp. 153-159

Malaise dans les start-up. Entre désir héroïque et anxiété créatrice

International audienceCet article porte sur l’anxiété des entrepreneurs du numérique, ou start-uppers, souvent présentés comme des héros modernes. Dix-neuf entretiens cliniques de type « récit de vie » ont été conduits par une anthropologue et un chercheur en gestion dans un incubateur phare de start-up parisiennes : le numa. Ces résultats exploratoires n’ont pas volonté à être généralisés et demanderaient d’être approfondis par d’autres études complémentaires. Ils montrent que ces jeunes entrepreneurs, réunis par un capital culturel et économique fort et un rejet paradoxal de la grande entreprise, construisent une identité collective par comportement mimétique marqué par une ambivalence entre peur de l’échec et investissement narcissique majeur dans leur projet. Ils sont soumis à une anxiété créatrice qui lie leur engagement et leur volonté de changer le monde

The Leader as Chief Truth Officer: The Ethical Responsibility of “Managing the Truth” in Organizations

International audienceOur aim is to analyze the position of the leader in relation to the ethical dimension of truth-telling within the organization under his/her control. Based on Michel Foucault’s study of truth-telling, we demonstrate that the role of the leader toward the corporation and the imperative of organizational performance place the leader in an ambiguous position: he/she is obliged to take the lead in “telling the truth” internally and externally, but also to bear the consequences of this “truth-telling” for the organization and for himself/herself. In this process of construction and implementing the truth, the leader is organizer and figurehead of the corporation’s truth-telling practices: determining the frontiers between truth that can be said and that which should remain hidden, both inside and outside the corporation; establishing a dialogue based on truth (i.e., an authentic, sincere relationship with all partners); guaranteeing that the rules of truth-telling are respected; and offering a truth which is compatible with the firm’s economic and ethical interest. Invested with the authority—the office—of managing truth within the corporation, the leader can be considered to be the “Chief Truth Officer.” From this perspective, we demonstrate that this role requires specific skills, like courage and practical wisdom

Under the ferrule of clio: uses of history in management education in the long run: the case of ESCP Europe

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Beyond the stable image of institutions:using Institutional Analysis to tackle classic questions in Institutional Theory

International audienceAlthough institutions are subject to constant change, we retain a stable image of them. Consequently, should they be considered as objects or processes? Notwithstanding its success, institutional theory still faces theoretical challenges to account simultaneously for change and stability, agency and structure. Following recent calls to integrate other perspectives on how we think about institutions, we draw on institutional analysis – a stream that has flourished in Europe and Latin America – to propose a radical and comprehensive conception of the institution as a locus of tension between the instituting (by which institutions are formed) and the instituted (temporarily stabilized forms). Since there is permanent tension between them, the institution itself can never be a stable object. It is constantly evolving, being either reinforced or destabilized. This research enriches the theoretical dialogue between organizational institutionalism and institutional analysis, two streams that have hitherto displayed little cross-fertilization. First, it contributes to rethinking the nature of institutions by emphasizing the role of the social imaginary, thus improving our understanding of the under-theorized role of imagination in institutionalization processes. Second, by placing the dynamic tension between the instituted and the instituting at the core of institutional theories, we answer calls to reclaim their missing critical dimension. Furthermore, this results in a methodological implication: the clinical approach of institutional analysis involving the intervention of researchers allows us to further embed institutional theories in organizational practice.<br/

Formes contemporaines d’organisation et de travail : évolutions, révolutions ?

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Formes contemporaines d’organisation et de travail : évolutions, révolutions ?

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Formes contemporaines d’organisation et de travail : évolutions, révolutions ?

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