Article: A non-profit organization in the social-medical sector facing public injunctions - The case of ACSEA: 1982-2010. An approach by the study of rules

Clémence JOFFRE

Ecole de Management de Normandie, Métis, 9 rue Claude Bloch, 14052 Caen Cedex 4

Abstract

This research aims at understanding the interplay between a non-profit organization in the social-medical sector and public authorities. It focuses on the study of theorical issues dealing with dynamics of rules and it mobilizes a unique case study. The results show that the organisation which is studied has constantly used, sometimes anticipated, public injunctions. These helped to make the organisation evolve by the establishment of organisational rules.