John P Conbere

Decoding the Socio Economic Approach to Management: Results of the Second Seam Conference in the United States John P Conbere

Publisher Marketing: A volume in Research in Management Consulting Series Editor: Anthony F. Buono, Bentley University In May 2014, the French research laboratory ISEOR (Socio Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations) and the University of St. Thomas co sponsored a second conference on the application of the Socio Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) paradigm and methodology in the United States. SEAM is a scientific approach to consultancy that focuses on uncovering the dysfunctions and hidden costs that exist in organizations, "hidden" in the sense that they are not captured by traditional accounting methods and financial analyses. Through intervention that encompasses the entire organization - what the ISEOR team refers to as the HORIVERT approach (combining horizontal and vertical intervention) - the underlying goal is to enhance organizational performance by attacking the "TFW virus," a vestige of the early work by Frederick Taylor, Henri Fayol, and Max Weber that has sufficiently infiltrated our thinking about management and organization to the point where are falling well short of our own potential. The resultant dysfunctions this virus unleashes creates hidden costs that readily destroy a firm's value added possibilities. The volume captures the ideas, applications, and exchanges of that meeting, attempting to bring the reader into the conference itself. Chapters include the contributors' presentations ("Chapter Prologue: Conference Remarks"), revised conference papers, and the question and answer dialogue for the session." Contributor Bio:  Savall, Henri Diplome de l'EM Lyon, Docteur agrege en sciences de gestion, il a travaille plusieurs annees en entreprise comme cadre et conseil. Il a cree et dirige l'ISEOR, institut specialise dans l'analyse socio-economique des conditions et de l'organisation du travail. Prix Rossi de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.