The sociocratic organizational design, a managerial innovation in a french cultural context

Le design organisationnel sociocratique, une innovation managériale en contexte culturel français

Anne Carbonnel (), Thomas Marshall and Jacqueline de Bony
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Anne Carbonnel: CEREFIGE - Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises - UL - Université de Lorraine
Jacqueline de Bony: LISE - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire pour la sociologie économique - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Could sociocratic governance be seen as a managerial innovation? The authors examine this question, focusing on the sociocratic decision circle, which redistributes power and responsibility according to a principle of equivalence. However, integrating sociocracy into the French cultural context appears to be a challenge. The intervention research methodology here is based on two organizational ethnographic studies, one of an alternative school and the other of a food store and community center. The results highlight the learning of the ability to initiate proposals and formulate objections. This is seen as an enrichment both for the individuals and the two organizations, leading the authors to see sociocracy as a seed for more solidary and sustainable management.

Keywords: Circular organizational design; Sociocracy; Decision-making Process; Cultural integration; Social innovation; Design organisationnel; Sociocratie; Décision collective; Appropriation culturelle; Innovation sociale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-06-27
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Published in sous la direction de Anne Carbonnel, Raphaël Didier et Delphine Wannenmacher. Innovations sociales. Leviers pour une transition sociale, économique et environnementale, EPURE, pp.223-247, 2023, RESSOR, 978-2-37496-208-5

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