 Re-appropriating a “Dispositive” in a Public Organization: The Case of Project-Based ManagementNils Randriamanantena ()
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: This chapter examines the reappropriation of a strategic "dispositive" within a hybrid public organization: project-based management. Although this dis-positive was already locally implemented, it became, starting in 2022, a cen-tral lever of strategic transformation, supported by a dedicated team reporting directly to top management. Based on an 18-month participative research conducted within this team—combining participant observation, interviews, and document analysis—we explore the mechanisms through which the dis-positive is reconfigured by its actors. Our findings identify three concurrent mechanisms of reappropriation: strategic repositioning, redefinition of uses, and role negotiation. We show that these dynamics are closely connected to the situated mobilization of heterogeneous institutional logics—administrative, political, market, and co-construction—which actors activate as resources to stabilize, adjust, or reshape the dispositive. This research con-tributes to a better understanding of a phase still understudied in the appro-priation of dispositives. Keywords: Public Organizations; Re-appropriation; Dispositives; Institutional Logics; Qualitative Methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Annie Bartoli; Hervé Chomienne; Gilles Rouet. Responsible and Integrated Public Management, Springer, In press There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05631698 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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