Journal articles
Year
1999
Abstract
On the basis of the concrete case Dynastar, a firm which manufactures skis, the authors observe that actors’ autonomy is more and more often a decisive factor for economic improvement, the X-factor, breaking taylorian control and standardization traditions. From those observations they deduce that Activity is actually not controllable. Activity as value-creation and learning is relatively unexplored by Management Sciences. Business studies are based upon a functional definition of Activity, which reduces it to its output flow. Such a simplification becomes useless. It challenges Management Sciences: it is necessary to build Management theories and practices which address the cognitive dimension of Activity and the actor’s autonomy.
PEYROLLE, J.C. et LORINO, P. (1999). Enquête sur le facteur X. L’autonomie de l’activité pour le management des ressources humaines et pour le contrôle de gestion. Revue de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, pp. 173-186.