CONTRACTS, PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM S IN THE FIRM

How to design and manage inhouse contractualization procedures in orga nizations? Between the economic theory of contracts and the sociology of organizations, the difficulties of coordinating services are examin ed; and a topology is proposed of both the usual ways of settling conf licts and the resulting problems. Between commitments and negotiations , the effort is made to bring to light an ''informational architecture '' that can serve for both coordination and planning, by resorting to the notions of: mutual prescription, interactive plan and frames of re ference.