Introduction

It is the first time that a summary work on the Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) is published, focused on its three dimensions—theoretical, scientific and applied—and their articulation which make it a unique model of scientific-based consulting process for sustainability. Since 1974, teams from ISEOR—University of Lyon, CNAM University of Paris, EADA Business School in Barcelona and Benedictine University in Lisle (USA), have been involved within 2200 companies and organizations of varying sizes, sectors and countries to foster their sustainable performances. Based on the results of these 2200 interventions-researches, the scientific-based consulting framework presented in the book is of huge interest either for academics as well as students and researchers and/or reflexive consultants and practitioners.