Abstract

PIERBATTISTI, Damián. France Telecom and the internationalization of management: the  privatization of telecommunications in France and  Argentina   (1990‐2011). Trab. soc. [online]. 2013, n.21, pp.67-89. ISSN 1514-6871.

This article conducts a comparative study of the privatization of national telecommunications company in Argentina (which occurred on 8 November 1990 and which involved France Telecom) and the privatization process that crosses France Telecom today. Our hypothesis leads us to argue that we are facing the imposition of a new management model heavily traversed by the strategic objective of increasing productivity at work from two vectors: individualization of a strong workforce and a drastic reduction personnel.

Keywords : Privatizations; Telecommunications; Management; Neoliberalism; Latin American.