Abstract

The theory of organizational action is a “point of view” on decision and action processes. The focus is mostly on how such processes are generated and developed, which is, their regulation. Organization is conceived as “action-that-organizes”, unseparated from the subject. The subject, by acting, organizes his/her action. This new edition, revised and augmented, comprises three books. In Book I the fundamentals of the theory, the way it is built and its epistemological presuppositions, are introduced. In Book II, the point of view is oriented toward the work processes and their transformations, including the workers’ well-being. In Book III, the point of view is extended to learning and to the tight relationship between learning, work analysis and organizational change.