Management of Extreme Situations

23The Young Researcher Program for Extreme Situations

23.1. Introduction

This chapter puts into perspective doctoral research developed as part of the “Management des situations extrêmes”¹ (MSE) research program under the direction of Pascal Lièvre, professor at the University of Clermont Auvergne. This work highlights a variety of objects, terrains and theoretical frameworks. In this introduction, we illustrate this variety based on the different thesis subjects that have recently been defended or are being prepared, emphasizing their contributions: Feedback and Organizational Learning: the Case of Fire Rescue Services (defended by Anaïs Gautier in 2010); The Complexity of Appropriating Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in a Petrochemical Industry (defended by Nabil Ait-Taleb in 2014); Logistics Based on Knowledge Flows: Learning and Performance in Space Exploration Simulation Situations (defended by Emmanuel Bonnet in 2014); Innovation in Management Tools in Cultural Organizations of Performing Arts – Bissociation and Creativity in Extreme Management Situations (defended by Jacques Chabrillat in 2018); The Management of Epistemic Communities: a Comparative Case Study (currently being prepared by Nicolas Laroche); The Role of Organizational Routines in the Coordination Factory Among Firefighters in Charge of Personal Rescue (currently being prepared by Amélie Andrey); The Construction of Action Knowledge in Action Portfolio Managers: a Video-ethnographic Investigation of ...