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Cet article porte sur l'interdisciplinarité considéré sous l'angle de la recherche. L'interdisciplinarité est examinée comme réponse au problème posé à la fois par la fragmentation des objets de connaissance et par le fractionnement du processus de compréhension qui entre en jeu dans les diverses disciplines. Les auteurs envisagent l'interdisciplinarité non pas comme négociation de frontières entre institutions de savoir, mais comme émergence pratique d'intersections entre diverses modalités de médiation dans le cadre même de la recherche. Sont d'abord présentées les quatre dimensions de l'espace de médiation interdisciplinaire, telles qu'elles se déploient dans tout processus de recherche : sur les plans de l'objet, de l'épistémologie, de la méthodologie et de l'interprétation. Ensuite, partant de l'idée qu'il existe un inévitable mouvement de spécialisation interne propre à toutes les disciplines, les auteurs réfléchissent sur la vocation holistique de la sociologie qui la prédispose à se spécialiser à l'interne et à rechercher les médiations interdisciplinaires à l'externe. Enfin, deux exemples de recherche montrent cette nécessaire médiation interdisciplinaire dans la conduite de recherches sur le terrain.This paper reflects on interdisciplinarity as seen through the prism of research. Interdisciplinarity is examined as a response to the problem posed both by the fragmentation of the objects of knowledge and the splitting up of the process of understanding within the various disciplines. We see interdisciplinarity not as negotiating boundaries between different institutions of knowledge, but as the practical emergence of intersections between various modalities of mediation within research itself. First the four dimensions of the space occupied by interdisciplinary mediation as they can be seen in any research process, on the level of object, epistemology, methodology and interpretation are presented. Then, starting from the idea that there exists an inevitable internal movement toward specialization unique to every discipline, we reflect on the holistic vocation of sociology which predisposes it, internally, to specialization and, externally, to the search for indisiciplinary mediation. We conclude with a proposal of two examples of research which demonstrate this necessary interdisciplinary mediation in carrying out research in the field.Este artículo reflexiona sobre la interdisciplinariedad a través del prisma de la investigación. La interdisciplinariedad es examinada como respuesta al problema planteado simultáneamente por la fragmentación de los objetos de conocimiento y por el fraccionamiento del proceso de comprensión utilizado en las diversas disciplinas. Nosotros consideramos la interdisciplinariedad no como una negociación de fronteras entre instituciones del saber, sino como emergencia práctica de interseciones entre diversas modalidades de mediación en el seno mismo de la investigación. Nosotros presentamos en primer lugar cuatro dimensiones del espacio de mediación interdisciplinaria, tales com...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the development and outbreak of a crisis in a high-priority project within a large organization. Design/methodology/approach Single-case study using extreme case sampling, a type of purposeful sampling, because this case provides rich information on a rare research opportunity: a project crisis that emerged during the fieldwork. Research data are semi-structured interviews, observations, project and organization documentation, logbook, notes and memos. Findings The paper shows the relevance of notions from organizational crisis management to an internal crisis in a temporary setting. This allowed a deeper understanding of crisis development. The paper reveals the wealth of meaningful, transparent data that can be collected when a crisis emerges. It highlights the high potential of project crises to reveal parent organizations’ dysfunctions. Indeed, findings suggest that the parent organization’s usual project management practices greatly contributed to the crisis affecting this project, which was unusually large and complex. Research limitations/implications The main potential limitation relates to transferability. However, a single-case study is appropriate when it represents a rare phenomenon that is not easily accessible for researchers – a crisis outbreak. Practical implications Results can provide insights enabling practitioners to improve their understanding of the ambiguous, stressful situations created by a crisis. Originality/value The results show the relevance of notions from organizational crisis management to the development of a project crisis and demonstrate the potentially harmful impact of a parent organization’s “usual” practices, especially on “unusually” large and complex projects.

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■Although serendipity is commonly encountered during research activities, it has not received as much attention as it deserves. Through a case study on a case study, which evolved from a methodology exercise into a rare case study of a project crisis, we mobilize the notions of serendipitous events and serendipity patterns to demonstrate how chance was cultivated using sagacity within the serendipity equation. Thereby, we contribute to a better understanding of the process of discovery through serendipitous creativity, especially in the dynamic and volatile project management research field where tensions between planned and unplanned are multiple.

La notion de risque dans la gestion pénale Volume 34, numéro 1, printemps 2001 URI : id.erudit.org/iderudit/004753ar

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