This article analyzes the different phases the Information Systems--Sociology relationship has gone through and points … an historical analysis of sociology itself. It shows the great comeback of the Object within the sociological field at … the beginning of the 80s. Different models have been developed from the generalized kinds of sociology to those that have …

action and action taking. Four main perspectives of administration and management are currently influential for further … knowledge building as well as for practice-oriented approaches: the art and craft of handling strategic actors and power …

strategic beliefs. More precisely, we consider beliefs as a strategic variable that agents can manipulate to maximize their … of Nash equilibrium. We find that a strategic behavior leads to beliefs subjectivity and heterogeneity. Optimism (resp …

account their respective management by the auditor and the auditee. In a second step, we focus in their interrelationships …, leading to an original proposal of independence system, likely to enable a better understanding of the auditor’s independence. …

interpretation is based on two branches of sociology. The sociology of professions makes it possible to understand the genesis of the … strategy of survival. The sociology of innovation proposes to interpret the Statutory Audit Premium as a project hustling the …

: traditional state planning and the more recent New Public Management. In fact, the “Hôpital Patients Santé Territoires” (Hospital … regional health agency management is entangled and how it tries to accommodate them in its everyday professional activity … trying to innovate even if, ultimately, they are faced with a more traditional, centralised healthcare system with decreased …

For the Academics there is a difference between the teaching of management control and the practice of controllers. Why … this distinction ? This paper shows that management control is a management performance process. The management control …