Résumés
Résumé
A partir d’une étude de cas portant sur le déploiement d’une nouvelle unité au sein des forces aériennes canadiennes, cet article explore la gestion du changement organisationnel comme processus de légitimation. Les résultats de l’étude montrent, d’une part, que la gestion du changement repose sur quatre stratégies de légitimation : la mise à l’épreuve de la nouvelle unité, la formation des acteurs, la modification des règles de gestion et l’élargissement de son périmètre d’activités; d’autre part, leur articulation définit un processus de légitimation composé de quatre phases : la construction, la pérennisation, l’approfondissement et le développement de la légitimité.
Mots-clés :
- changement organisationnel,
- gestion du changement,
- légitimité
Abstract
Building on a case study that focuses on the deployment of a new organizational unit within the Canadian Air Forces, this article investigates organizational change management as a legitimation process. The results of the case study provide evidence that, on the one hand, change management relies on four legitimization strategies : testing of the new organizational unit, education and training of change agents, alteration of managerial rules and enlargement of the new unit’s activities. On the other hand, the results suggest that the legitimation process is made up with four phases : construction, sustainability, deepening and development of legitimacy.
Keywords:
- organizational change,
- change management,
- legitimacy
Resumen
A partir de un estudio de caso basado sobre el despliegue de una nueva unidad dentro de las Fuerzas Aéreas Canadienses, este artículo explora la gestión del cambio organizacional como proceso de legitimación. Los resultados del estudio demuestran, que la gestión del cambio se basa en 4 estrategias de legitimación: la puesta a prueba de la nueva unidad, la formación de los actores, la modificación de las reglas de gestión y la ampliación de su perímetro de actividades; su articulación define un proceso de legitimación compuesto por 4 etapas: construcción, sostenibilidad, intensificación y desarrollo de la legitimidad.
Palabras clave:
- cambio organizacional,
- gestión del cambio,
- legitimidad
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