Comment concilier science et pratique

Nowadays, while management sciences are too often deprived of their connexions to reality, they are despised by many managers, who consider them useless. Nevertheless, cooperation possibilities do exist between theory and practice. In effect, their practical experiences do not prevent managers to be faced with large uncertainties : what will be the consequences of such or such innovation ? How can it be possible to cope with market volatility ? How to chaunel change into complex organizations ? Knowledge about such topics is in increasing demand. This opens field work opportunities for researchers. In this way, they can evoluate the relevance of their ideas. By observing new phenomena, they can discover fruitfull research avenues. Thus, theory and practice are bound to crossfertilize each other. But adapted researchers and practicians relation patterns are to be built for this purpose. Institutional support has to be secured for this kind of researches, which often upset long lived traditions in the scientific world.