A volume in Research in Management Consulting Series Editor Anthony F.
Buono, Bentley University This book is the 20th volume in the Research
in Management Consulting series and the sixth major collaboration with
Henri Savall, Véronique Zardet, and their team of intervener-researchers
from the Socio- Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR)
in Lyon-Écully, France. In 2013, for the first time, ISEOR co-sponsored
a conference on its Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM)
paradigm and methodology in the United States. The volume captures the
ideas, applications, and exchanges of that meeting hosted by the
University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The book attempts to
bring the reader into the conference itself. The different chapters
include the contributors' presentations ("Chapter Prologue: Conference
Remarks"), revised conference papers, and the question and answer
dialogue for the session. For those interested in delving further into
the SEAM approach, the volume also contains a general bibliography on
the development, critique, and application of the framework.