Can the process of change be deliberate, planned and controlled in an organisation? Does the management of change within an organisation consist in fighting the forces of resistance and stability? Not necessarily. Change creates unforeseen confrontation between the organisation and its actors....

Corrigés du manuel pour préparer le diplôme de comptabilité et de gestion, à jour de la réforme de l'expertise comptable de septembre 2007.

Le paradoxe, qu'il soit logique ou visuel, qu'il traite de l'infini, du choix ou de la démarche scientifique, nous fascine et nous stupéfie, car il nous transporte au-delà des limites de la perception et de la pensée humaine. Cependant son intérêt ne peut être considéré au seul regard...

Le paradoxe, qu'il soit logique ou visuel, qu'il traite de l'infini, du choix ou de la démarche scientifique , nous fascine et nous stupéfie, car il nous transporte au-delà des limites de la perception et de la pensée humaine. Cependant son intérêt ne peut être considéré au seul regard...

The rise of modern corporations has been accompanied by an expansion of salaried executives who have replaced owner-managers. With this expansion, the new class of managers/executives came to regard themselves as stewards of large and complex corporations, and not principally or exclusively as...

The disclosure of information to workers can take several forms (company journal, meeting with shop stewards, etc). This paper is about a form rarely studied: the boss's speech at the work medal ceremony. These medals were created by the ministry of commerce in France in 1886. The success of...

This paper investigates the determination and consequences of organizational changes (OC) in a panel of British and French establishments. Organizational changes include the decentralization of authority, delayering of managerial functions, and increased multitasking. We argue that OC and skills...

An interesting point about the expositions universelles, these first world fairs held in Paris, has to do with the linear but complex process whereby they were designed, prepared, opened and terminated. Studying it entails developing a framework and toolbox. In a sociohistorical context where...

This article presents a historical perspective on empowerment through an exposition of the writings of Ordway Tead (1891-1961) and early-20th-century debates as to the relationship between capitalism and democracy and specifically the balance of power among workers, managers, and owners. The...