From Sen to Ergonomic Practices: the Conditions and Means for an Enabling Organizational Intervention

De Sen a la práctica de la ergonomía: condiciones y medios para una intervención ergonómica capacitante

Anne Raspaud and Pierre Falzon
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Anne Raspaud: CHU Toulouse - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse
Pierre Falzon: CRTD - Centre de recherche sur le travail et le développement - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM]

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Abstract: This article addresses the means and conditions of an enabling organizational intervention using and developing Amartya Sen's conceptual framework. Specific attention is devoted to the conceptual foundations underlying the proposed methodology. The methodology was developed in a research-intervention aiming to (re)design the organization of a medical process. The development of both collective agency and capabilities was a fundamental aspect of the intervention. The methodology is grounded in the desire to understand human activities and seeks to contribute to the development of the individual, team, organization, and activity. In this constructive framework, the ergonomist acted as a conversion factor, transforming individual and collective capacities into the ability to actually "perform better together." Individuals became agents capable of designing their own future activities. The conclusion addresses, on one hand, the conditions for generalizing the proposed methodology and, on the other hand, the roles of the ergonomist in an enabling intervention.

Keywords: Sen’s capability model; enabling organizational intervention; collective capabilities; methodology; the ergonomist’s role; modelo de capacidades Sen; intervención ergonómica capacitante; capacidades colectivas; metodología de intervención de diseño; rol del ergónomo; generalización; méthodologie de l’intervention en conception; rôle de l’ergonome; modèle des capabilités de Sen; intervention ergonomique capacitante; capabilités collectives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Published in Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé, 2020, Relations, 22 (1), ⟨10.4000/pistes.6753⟩

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DOI: 10.4000/pistes.6753

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