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Manager les paradoxes organisationnels par la conciliation : une analyse métaphorique basée sur la conciliation juridique

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  • Romain Lonceint

    (LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - Nantes Univ - IAE Nantes - Nantes Université - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - Nantes Université - pôle Sociétés - Nantes Univ - Nantes Université, IMT Atlantique - DI2S - Département Interdisciplinaire de Sciences Sociales - IMT Atlantique - IMT Atlantique - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris])

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Les paradoxes font partie intégrante de la vie organisationnelle et constituent un véritable enjeu pour les organisations comme en attestent les nombreuses études qui, depuis la fin des années 1980, s'attachent à comprendre les voies par lesquelles ces paradoxes peuvent être managés. Un certain nombre de travaux dans ce domaine envisage la conciliation comme une réponse aux paradoxes, mais cette dernière n'est pas systématiquement explicitée et renvoie à des modalités hétérogènes en matière de management des paradoxes. Constatant également l'absence de définition de la notion de conciliation en sciences de gestion, cet article propose de recourir à une métaphore pour appréhender la conciliation comme mode de management des paradoxes. En l'occurrence, la conciliation juridique qui constitue un mode alternatif de règlement des litiges fondé sur la recherche d'arrangements est mobilisée pour éclairer, à partir d'un procédé métaphorique, les mécanismes de la conciliation comme réponse aux paradoxes organisationnels. L'article vise à répondre à la problématique suivante : comment l'usage de la métaphore fondée sur la conciliation juridique permet-il d'explorer la conciliation comme mode de management des paradoxes ? Pour ce faire, nous opérons un transfert de sens depuis un objet source connu (la conciliation juridique), vers un objet cible que nous souhaitons explorer (la conciliation pour manager les paradoxes). Le travail de comparaison métaphorique permet finalement de construire le sens de la conciliation en tant que réponse active aux paradoxes autorisant la coexistence de forces contradictoires. L'article met ainsi à disposition des managers et de leurs équipes une grille de compréhension du fonctionnement de la conciliation dans le but de faciliter sa mise en oeuvre face aux paradoxes.

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  • Romain Lonceint, 2023. "Manager les paradoxes organisationnels par la conciliation : une analyse métaphorique basée sur la conciliation juridique," Post-Print hal-03943805, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03943805
    DOI: 10.3917/rips1.076.0027
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