La Pensée Complexe pour interroger les pratiques organisationnelles dans quatre CHU français durant les deux premières vagues de la crise Covid

Despite its widespread use in France and around the world, particularly since the beginning of the health crisis, complex thinking (CT) as defined by Edgar Morin, remains poorly operationalized. This article therefore questions the relevance of CT in a context of high uncertainty such as the emergen...

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Main Authors: Sandra Bertezene, David Vallat, Philippe Michel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association d'Economie Politique
Series:Revue Interventions Économiques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/interventionseconomiques/23098
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description Despite its widespread use in France and around the world, particularly since the beginning of the health crisis, complex thinking (CT) as defined by Edgar Morin, remains poorly operationalized. This article therefore questions the relevance of CT in a context of high uncertainty such as the emergence of Covid-19 in 2020, in France. A qualitative exploratory study conducted within four hospitals shows a strong fit between professional practices and CT principles during the first wave of the virus, followed by a blatant mismatch from the second wave onwards. The discussion highlights the interest of CT for management sciences, but also for managers to whom it offers an epistemological framework to the apprehension of uncertainty. The operationalization of CT suggests a crisis management no longer based solely on pre-defined rules, but enriched with a constructivist vision aimed at positively transforming hospital organizations, which are now facing multiple tensions that go beyond the framework of the Covid-19 crisis alone.
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spelling doaj.art-f4f64dcb645343999d2c3ff544fdc7fd2024-02-15T12:54:05ZengAssociation d'Economie PolitiqueRevue Interventions Économiques0715-35701710-73776910.4000/interventionseconomiques.23098La Pensée Complexe pour interroger les pratiques organisationnelles dans quatre CHU français durant les deux premières vagues de la crise CovidSandra BertezeneDavid VallatPhilippe MichelDespite its widespread use in France and around the world, particularly since the beginning of the health crisis, complex thinking (CT) as defined by Edgar Morin, remains poorly operationalized. This article therefore questions the relevance of CT in a context of high uncertainty such as the emergence of Covid-19 in 2020, in France. A qualitative exploratory study conducted within four hospitals shows a strong fit between professional practices and CT principles during the first wave of the virus, followed by a blatant mismatch from the second wave onwards. The discussion highlights the interest of CT for management sciences, but also for managers to whom it offers an epistemological framework to the apprehension of uncertainty. The operationalization of CT suggests a crisis management no longer based solely on pre-defined rules, but enriched with a constructivist vision aimed at positively transforming hospital organizations, which are now facing multiple tensions that go beyond the framework of the Covid-19 crisis alone.https://journals.openedition.org/interventionseconomiques/23098epistemologyComplex Thoughtkrisissanitary crisishospital
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La Pensée Complexe pour interroger les pratiques organisationnelles dans quatre CHU français durant les deux premières vagues de la crise Covid
Revue Interventions Économiques
epistemology
Complex Thought
krisis
sanitary crisis
hospital
title La Pensée Complexe pour interroger les pratiques organisationnelles dans quatre CHU français durant les deux premières vagues de la crise Covid
title_full La Pensée Complexe pour interroger les pratiques organisationnelles dans quatre CHU français durant les deux premières vagues de la crise Covid
title_fullStr La Pensée Complexe pour interroger les pratiques organisationnelles dans quatre CHU français durant les deux premières vagues de la crise Covid
title_full_unstemmed La Pensée Complexe pour interroger les pratiques organisationnelles dans quatre CHU français durant les deux premières vagues de la crise Covid
title_short La Pensée Complexe pour interroger les pratiques organisationnelles dans quatre CHU français durant les deux premières vagues de la crise Covid
title_sort la pensee complexe pour interroger les pratiques organisationnelles dans quatre chu francais durant les deux premieres vagues de la crise covid
topic epistemology
Complex Thought
krisis
sanitary crisis
hospital
url https://journals.openedition.org/interventionseconomiques/23098
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