The Socio Economic Approach To Management Revisited

Author : Anthony F. Buono,Henri Savall
Publisher : IAP
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781681231631

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This volume is part of the ongoing collaboration between the RMC series and the Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR), a French intervention-research think tank co-directed by Henri Savall and Véronique Zardet. Building on an earlier collaboration on the ISEOR approach – Socio-Economic Intervention in Organizations: The Intervener-Researcher and the SEAM Approach to Organizational Analysis (IAP, 2007) – Buono and Savall bring together over 30 talented intervener-researchers to explore and examine the ongoing evolution of the Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM). This volume revisits the application of SEAM in the context of intervention challenges in the wake of the recent economic crisis and the disruptive change that has taken hold across the world. The basic foundation of SEAM – built on the idea of strategic patience, the need to undertake holistic intervention in organizations, and the challenge to get organizational members to listen to themselves (through what they refer to as the mirror effect) – has remained the same. In response to economic and organizational pressures in the current environment, however, there has been a concomitant emphasis on helping client organizations achieve short-term results while still maintaining focus on the long term. Many ideas that have become part of the current discourse within ISEOR today were not as explicitly addressed in the initial volume – from the destructive effect of the Taylorism-Fayolism-Weberism (TFW) virus, to the need to focus on ways to ensure the sustainability of a SEAM intervention, the growing importance of collaborative interactions between external and internal consultants, and the growing importance of cocreating knowledge with client firms and organizations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Management
ISBN : OCLC:1289424063

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Author : Conbere John,Heorhiadi Alla
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789813233003

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Socio-economic Approach To Management, The: Steering Organizations Into The Future by Conbere John,Heorhiadi Alla Pdf

Many organizational leaders may not even realize that most of their strategic decisions are made without accurate or full information. And yet more than 40 years of socio-economic research indicate that around 40% of what happens economically in organizations is not taken into consideration by traditional accounting. This lack of information affects an organization's effectiveness by turning organizational functions into dys-functions which leads to hidden costs. Socio-economic research shows that average hidden costs are more than $20,000 per employee per year. Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) is a different way to lead and manage organizations — or to put simply steer them. What differentiates SEAM from traditional management? First, SEAM focuses on both the people and economic sides of the workplace. Second, SEAM identifies and reduces hidden costs through engaging employees and developing their potential. The results are increased efficiency and profitability, sustainable organizational development, and higher employee engagement. SEAM was developed in France and is little known in the US. This book provides a sound introduction to SEAM for the English-speaking audience. The book will be of interest for organizational leaders and managers who search new ideas, techniques, and tools to increase the efficiency of their organizations. The book will also be beneficial for change management and HR practitioners. Contents: Readership: Graduate students and practitioners interested in organizational management and change. Keywords: Socio-Economic Management;SEAM;Management;Organizational Effectiveness;Human PotentialReview: Key Features: Provides a comprehensible English introduction to a socio-economic approach to management and organizational change, which was developed in France Summarizes socio-economic theory and describes the essential socio-economic management tools Includes the experience of American consultants who have implemented SEAM in different types of organizations, industries, and US states

Author : John Conbere,Henri Savall,Alla Heorhiadi
Publisher : IAP
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781681232539

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Decoding the Socio?Economic Approach to Management by John Conbere,Henri Savall,Alla Heorhiadi Pdf

In May 2014, the French research laboratory ISEOR (Socio?Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations) and the University of St. Thomas co?sponsored a second conference on the application of the Socio?Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) paradigm and methodology in the United States. SEAM is a scientific approach to consultancy that focuses on uncovering the dysfunctions and hidden costs that exist in organizations, “hidden” in the sense that they are not captured by traditional accounting methods and financial analyses. Through intervention that encompasses the entire organization – what the ISEOR team refers to as the HORIVERT approach (combining horizontal and vertical intervention) – the underlying goal is to enhance organizational performance by attacking the “TFW virus,” a vestige of the early work by Frederick Taylor, Henri Fayol, and Max Weber that has sufficiently infiltrated our thinking about management and organization to the point where are falling well short of our own potential. The resultant dysfunctions this virus unleashes creates hidden costs that readily destroy a firm’s value?added possibilities. The volume captures the ideas, applications, and exchanges of that meeting, attempting to bring the reader into the conference itself. Chapters include the contributors’ presentations (“Chapter Prologue: Conference Remarks”), revised conference papers, and the question and answer dialogue for the session.

Author : Laurent Cappelletti,Henri Savall,Veronique Zardet
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3031438744

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Socio-Economic Approach to Management by Laurent Cappelletti,Henri Savall,Veronique Zardet Pdf

The Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) is a management methodology for developing the sustainable performance of organizations. It finds its roots in a socially responsible vision of capitalism and its originality is to offer a unique management model useful for sustainably managing people and providing socially responsible consulting, as well as for carrying out research-interventions and creating knowledge. This book is the first to present in a synthetic way and illustrate with case studies the political, managerial and scientific dimensions of SEAM. This methodology has been successfully tested on thousands of companies and organizations from 48 different countries since 1974 and distinguished by prestigious French and American academies. It aims to convert the hidden costs of social dissatisfaction (absenteeism, excessive staff turnover, underproductivity) into economic value for the organization, which can be used to increase salaries, self-financed investments, master budgets or remunerate shareholders. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of management, as well as practitioners and consultants.

Author : Henri Savall,Veronique Zardet
Publisher : IAP
Page : 1100 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798887302645

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Socio-Economic Approach to Management Treatise by Henri Savall,Veronique Zardet Pdf

The result of half a century of research and experimentation in economics and management, this Treatise is intended for management practitioners. Socio-economic management (SEAM) makes the demands of humanism in professional life and sustainable economic prosperity compatible. It is illustrated with numerous cases from 2,150 companies and organizations from a wide variety of sectors and presents observed and measured results. Most of these chapters are written jointly by managers or executives of companies and organizations, and scholars or consultants involved in the pilot actions. This book is the work of 193 authors, from 16 countries and 4 continents, practitioners or academics in management sciences and management. This reflects the diversity of national and sectoral contexts of SEAM applications. Some chapters situate this concept in relation to the major currents of current thought. Each chapter is preceded by abstracts in French, English and Spanish. The prefaces, signed by Herman Aguinis and Rene Ricol, show the scope of socio-economic theory and management beyond the borders of the company. The book illustrates the international influence (48 countries) of the innovative and robust methods created and developed by the ISEOR team. Socio-economic theory constitutes a "breakthrough innovation", both in terms of its conceptual contribution and the practical methods and tools of its applications. This holistic approach touches on the different functions of the company and its multiple problems. It provides a structured change management method, focused on stimulating Human Potential and on self-financing the development of the company or organization, through the periodic recycling of hidden costs.

Author : Anthony F. Buono,Henri Savall
Publisher : IAP
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781607525905

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Socio-Economic Intervention in Organizations by Anthony F. Buono,Henri Savall Pdf

The volume begins with a chapter by Henri Savall, founder and director of the ISEOR Institute and creator of the SEAM methodology, that presents an overview of the development of the socio-economic approach to management, and its guiding frameworks and methodology. The chapter s detailed explanation of the underlying thinking, tools, and techniques of socio-economic management serves as the primer for the remainder of the volume. The book is then divided into three sections. The first part presents illustrations of SEAM interventions in different types of organizations, including industrial and service companies, and not-for-profit organizations, including cultural institutions and sports clubs. The next section looks at cross-cultural applications and assessments of SEAM experiments in Africa, Asia, Mexico, and the United States, with a concluding chapter on intervening in multinational corporations in general. The volume concludes with a section that examines different issues and challenges in SEAM intervention, ranging from the impact on and role of middle managers in the SEAM process, intervening in small organizations, SEAM s facilitative role in operationalizing and institutionalizing information technology, conceptualizing, and implementing organizational change, facilitating merger and acquisition integration, and the application of socio-economic management in sales and marketing. The book also contains a combined glossary and chapter index that provides a definition of key terms and concepts in the SEAM methodology and where they appear in the volume. These key terms are highlighted in bold italics throughout the volume, illustrating their application in different contexts.

Author : Henri Savall,John Conbere,Alla Heorhiadi,Vincent Cristallini,Anthony F. Buono
Publisher : IAP
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781623966690

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Facilitating the Socio-Economic Approach to Management by Henri Savall,John Conbere,Alla Heorhiadi,Vincent Cristallini,Anthony F. Buono Pdf

This book is the 20th volume in the Research in Management Consulting series and the sixth major collaboration with Henri Savall, Véronique Zardet, and their team of intervenerresearchers from the Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR) in LyonÉcully, France. In 2013, for the first time, ISEOR co-sponsored a conference on its Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) paradigm and methodology in the United States. The volume captures the ideas, applications, and exchanges of that meeting hosted by the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The book attempts to bring the reader into the conference itself. The different chapters include the contributors’ presentations (“Chapter Prologue: Conference Remarks”), revised conference papers, and the question and answer dialogue for the session. For those interested in delving further into the SEAM approach, the volume also contains a general bibliography on the development, critique, and application of the framework.

Author : John P. Conbere,Alla Heorhiadi
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9813232986

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The Socio-economic Approach to Management by John P. Conbere,Alla Heorhiadi Pdf

What is different about seam : a quick peek -- The core SEAM concepts -- The seam intervention -- The SEAM management tools -- The theoretical roots of SEAM -- Organizational problems and how SEAM can help -- SEAM fosters a culture of transformative learning -- Why SEAM is not in the mainstream -- The real key to SEAM's effectiveness -- Afterword -- References -- Bibliography

Author : David B. Szabla,David Coghlan,William Pasmore,Jennifer Kim
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781800378520

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Handbook of Research Methods in Organizational Change by David B. Szabla,David Coghlan,William Pasmore,Jennifer Kim Pdf

The Handbook of Research Methods in Organizational Change offers innovative and practical information to aid in the successful implementation of research methodologies. Written by a collective of experienced scholars, it provides inspiration for future academics wishing to advance research into human system changes.

Author : David Brian Szabla
Publisher : IAP
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798887303192

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Management Consulting in the Era of the Digital Organization by David Brian Szabla Pdf

The 4th Industrial Revolution is well underway. Our lives are changing at an exponential rate, resulting in a multi-faceted, deeply interconnected world. The digital revolution is integrating multiple technologies, which is leading to unprecedented paradigm shifts in the economy, management, and society. Entire systems across countries, industries, and societies are being transformed, triggering a transformation that is unlike anything humankind has ever experienced. Given the confluence of dramatic changes in organizational life, triggering emerging technology breakthroughs such as robotics, the internet of things, biotechnology, materials science, data science and big data, and quantum computing, this volume of the Research in Management Consulting series explores how the research and practice of management consulting is unfolding in a new era of profound shifts in the way researchers and consultants sense, think, and act. The authors of this volume bring both to scholars and practitioners the latest discussions of efforts to understand consulting in organizations amplified by the fusion of technologies across physical, digital, and biological worlds. They also bring to light a movement from human supervised artificial intelligence systems to fully autonomous artificial intelligence systems that have the potential to demonstrate intelligence beyond uman capabilities.

Author : David W. Jamieson,Robert C. Barnett,Anthony F. Buono
Publisher : IAP
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781681234335

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Consultation for Organizational Change Revisited by David W. Jamieson,Robert C. Barnett,Anthony F. Buono Pdf

As a follow-up to a 2010 volume on organizational change-related consulting, the book continues to push our thinking about the dynamics involved in consulting with change leaders and intervening in the change process. Consulting for organizational change is a special type of consultation, with its own complex set of conditions and needs for a broad range of skills and competencies, which include distinct needs for the client-consultant relationship, superior consulting/facilitation skills, an expertise in human and organizational systems, and, as emphasized in the volume, the masterful “use of self.” As with our prior edited collection, this volume is a joint publication in the Research in Management Consulting and Contemporary Trends in Organization Development and Change book series. The dual focus is intended to reflect the importance of quality consulting for change across both the management consulting and Organization Development (OD) fields. It follows a long history of interest in how consulting affects organization change, what works, and, perhaps most importantly for generating theory and insight into the change process, why it works. The book contains fourteen chapters that frame the changing nature of the organizational change challenge, explore the use of self in intervening in organizations, and examine different change frameworks and perspectives, sharing various reflections and personal insights into the underlying challenges of consulting to bring about organizational change. Our underlying goal is to advance the theory and practice of effective organizational change consultation, stimulating thinking and discussion among change practitioners and researchers so that this work and profession continue to grow and evolve. ENDORSEMENT: “Consultation for Organization Change Revisited offers a clear map of the dominant thinking about how consultants intervene to help organizations create an alternative future. It nicely answers the question of "What is Organization Development." It also has a memory so that you see the arc of the field over time, which gives an important perspective. Organization change is complicated work, this book makes it clearer.” ~ Peter Block Author of Flawless Consulting

Author : Abraham B. Rami Shani,Debra A. Noumair
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789735536

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Research in Organizational Change and Development by Abraham B. Rami Shani,Debra A. Noumair Pdf

Volume 27 continues the diversity and inclusivity of the Research in Organizational Change and Development series through insightful, thought provoking chapters with new conceptual insights and robust empirical studies. This volume includes contributions from Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom and United States.

Author : Anthony F. Buono,Henri Savall,Laurent Cappelletti
Publisher : IAP
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781641132114

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La Recherche-Intervention Dans les Entreprises et les Organisations by Anthony F. Buono,Henri Savall,Laurent Cappelletti Pdf

This volume continues to build on the relationship between the Research in Management Consulting series and the intervener-researchers at the Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR) in Ecully, France, extending that partnership to our recent work with the French Foundation for Management Education (FNEGE), a foundation dedicated to closing the gap between the teaching and practice of management in France. As part of the Foundation’s multifaceted activities—which range from seminars and an advanced training initiative for French doctoral students to joint programs with international organizations an associations—FNEGE partnered with ISEOR to sponsor a series of workshops on developing high quality intervention-research. This volume is one of the results from that endeavor. Although intervention-research helps to uncover valuable insight into organizational dynamics and performance, the challenge of capturing and disseminating that insight to both academics and practitioners is entrenched in the rigor-relevance debate. While we are witnessing increased calls for “actionable knowledge,” this ideal, unfortunately, remains a rather elusive concept as critics contend either that rigorous academic research falls well-short of relevance to the practitioner world or research that proves to be valuable to practitioners falls short of the rigor expected in academic life. This volume is intended to help bridge that divide. Drawing on the FNEGE-ISEOR intervention-research workshop, the volume contains 18 chapters that explore the intervention-research process, from initial conceptualization, to implementation, to publication. The volume will be published in French and English

Author : Anthony F. Buono,Henri Savall,Laurent Cappelletti
Publisher : IAP
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781641132909

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Intervention Research by Anthony F. Buono,Henri Savall,Laurent Cappelletti Pdf

This volume continues to build on the relationship between the Research in Management Consulting series and the intervener-researchers at the Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR) in Ecully, France, extending that partnership to our recent work with the French Foundation for Management Education (FNEGE), a foundation dedicated to closing the gap between the teaching and practice of management in France. As part of the Foundation’s multifaceted activities—which range from seminars and an advanced training initiative for French doctoral students to joint programs with international organizations an associations—FNEGE partnered with ISEOR to sponsor a series of workshops on developing high quality intervention-research. This volume is one of the results from that endeavor. Although intervention-research helps to uncover valuable insight into organizational dynamics and performance, the challenge of capturing and disseminating that insight to both academics and practitioners is entrenched in the rigor-relevance debate. While we are witnessing increased calls for “actionable knowledge,” this ideal, unfortunately, remains a rather elusive concept as critics contend either that rigorous academic research falls well-short of relevance to the practitioner world or research that proves to be valuable to practitioners falls short of the rigor expected in academic life. This volume is intended to help bridge that divide. Drawing on the FNEGE-ISEOR intervention-research workshop, the volume contains 18 chapters that explore the intervention-research process, from initial conceptualization, to implementation, to publication. The volume is published in French and English