Chair for Organisations, Leadership and Society
Chair for Organisations, Leadership and Society
The Chair "Organisations, Leadership and Society" aims at taking a step back to reflect on the changes that will affect the functioning of organisations and exploring the issues of topics such as: responsible management and labour relations in rapidly changing environments, organisations in the face of complexity and relationships with money.
The Chair, created at the end of 2011, is directed by Claire Dambrin and Alberta di Giuli, Associate Professors at ESCP, and is the result of a long collaboration between ESCP and Sciété Générale, who been partners since 2006.
A few words from
Edouard-Malo Henry
HDR, Société Générale Group
Edouard-Malo Henry
HDR, Société Générale Group
“Banks have been operating in a difficult economic environment since 2008, and among other things, are trying to refocus on their primary role: the financing of the economy.
They focus on the needs of their customers both in terms of the protection of their savings and the financing of their projects.
Their environment is being increasingly controlled by the supervisory authorities, and is also marked by a rapid change in customer behaviour in the digital age.
These factors cause us to reassess our values, our goals and our organisation. This period of profound transformation is accompanied by a critical reflection on managerial behaviour and leadership.”
Edouard-Malo Henry
Human Ressources Director
Société générale Group
few words from
Claire Dambrin and
Alberta di Giulli,
Academic Co-Directors
“Large organisations (banks, industrial organisations...) tend to evolve at an ever-increasing pace.
The are multiple reasons for this: the financial pressure exerted by markets, changes in information technology, managerial methods, the generalisation of the project mode, etc. This situation particularly affects executives, who suffer from conditions they are also responsible for orchestrating.
It is the role of a school such as ESCP to take part in a major reflection on this subject, which has been made all the more important by the crisis: how do companies deal with this overwhelming complexity?" Claire Dambrin and Alberta di Giuli, Associate Professors at ESCP.”
Claire Dambrin and Alberta di Giuli,
Associate Professors at ESCP
and Academic Co-Directors
Objectives
Main areas of research
Responsible management and labour relations in rapidly changing environments
The "sense of action" and of work, recognition, responsible management as a daily practice.
Organisations in the face of complexity
Research will focus on the management of complexity on a daily basis, decision-making methods in an uncertain environment with regard to the organisation’s development
The relationship with money
In times of economic crisis, how to rethink the role and status of money in organisations and at work.
Areas of research
The activities of the chair are organised around research and teaching. They aim to sustain the school’s initial and continuing training programmes through research conducted within the framework of the chair.
Financing
Many activities may be financed by the chair: funding of specific research, theses or post-doc research on these topics, seminars, conferences and study days, scholarships for students interested in banking and financial activities...
Research project themes
Cultural diversity and professional success
The case of outstanding entrepreneurs.
Measuring work performance
Cost, value and performance model.
Responsibility of CVA
A process-based approach to corporate responsibility strategies.
Managing by attention in a complex environment
A study of the attention paid by managers to their employees on a daily basis.
Institutional actors and spaces
The role of the company put into question. Establishing an international network to discover innovative communities in work organisation: the case of hackerspaces.
Money for those who do not have any
Social representations of money and the role of financial institutions in a context of extreme poverty.
The construction of CSR and appropriation of its meaning in organisations
The Team
Alberta
Di Giuli
Academic Co-Director
Claire
Dambrin
Academic Co-Director
Focus on…
New Study
The maker movement. A revolution for the labour and the organisations ?
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