This paper presents the analysis of two surveys, one academic and one industrial. The goal was to provide research perspectives in the field of change management for industrial systems. This communication is the result of multi-disciplinary study (ADESI project) launched by the National Centre of Scientific Research, CNRS. The "raison d'être" of this work, is to answer the strong need to coordinate both academic and industrial communities as well as the necessity of multi-disciplinary approaches for decision-aids applied to change management.