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Jeux d'équipe avec interface et coordination dans l'entreprise

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  • Jean-Pierre Ponssard
  • Sébastien Steinmetz
  • Hervé Tanguy

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[fre] Dans une entreprise à structure fonctionnelle, chaque service dispose d'infor­mations privées lui permettant d'utiliser certaines marges de manœuvre en fonc­tion d'aléas connus de lui seul. Cependant, la fonction de production et les contraintes financières propres à l'ensemble de l'entreprise se traduisent par des contraintes globales qui limitent l'intérêt d'une décentralisation trop forte. Les pro­blèmes de coordination correspondants sont étudiés à l'aide d'un jeu d'équipe « à interface technique ». On montre que ce jeu admet plusieurs équilibres de Nash qui peuvent être reliés à la notion de politique type proposée dans la littérature manager/aie. Cette formalisation sert de référence pour discuter les résultats d'un jeu expérimental qui témoignent des difficultés de coordination couramment ren­contrées dans les entreprises ayant adopté une structure fonctionnelle. [eng] Consider a simple firm consisting of several functional departments (sales, production, purchasing) operating under some joint technical and financial constraints. Suppose that this firm operates in an uncertain environment. Suppose further that each department has some private information regarding its own envi­ronment, which cannot instantly circulate within the firm. The coordination of plans and actions of the various departments is discussed through a non-coopera­tive game of incomplete information. Under some assumptions, it is proved that the set of Nash equilibria can be associated with the planning of physical and financial transfers within the firm. The optimal transfer policies are characterized for different environments and interpreted in line with managerial practices. The outcomes of a related experimental game illustrative of the practical difficulty of coordination in functional structures are discussed in view of these theoretical results.

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  • Jean-Pierre Ponssard & Sébastien Steinmetz & Hervé Tanguy, 1996. "Jeux d'équipe avec interface et coordination dans l'entreprise," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 47(5), pages 1063-1088.
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    DOI: 10.3406/reco.1996.409838
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