This paper proposes to show how the work of Norbert Alter brings a major contribution to our understanding of organizations, specially regarding intimately intricate phenomena such as innovation and rule transgression. This French sociologist clearly pinpoints the existence, forms and stakes of...

This theoretical paper argues for a strategic role of rule transgression in organization whereby transgression is understood as an element of normal functioning rather than as a pathology of organization. Following strategic analysis (Crozier and Frieberg) and joint regulation (Reynaud), we...

Literature in sociology of work and ergonomia give an important place to the question of rules transgressions in organization. The difference between prescribed task and real task is abundantly described and commented. The proof of the existence of the phenomenon is fully made. How do management...

Dans certains cas les missions de conseil en management n'atteignent pas les objectifs escomptés et provoquent d'incroyables gaspillages. Cette analyse présente les causes d'échec de la relation consultant-consulté.

The article shows a surprising way of how management consultant's daily practices play a role in managers' decisions. Beyond the traditionally recognized roles of consultants (high level staff, energy catalyst), we pinpoint the importance of information transmission and the ambiguity of this...

The aim of this paper is to understand how rebellion is an ambivalent phenomenon in organization which alienates and liberate at the same time. Michel Foucault’s approach of power in organization is used to determine the distinctive characteristic of this special kind of rebellion. Two...