Title:
Decision making for business : a reader / edited by Graeme Salaman.
Author:
Salaman, Graeme.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The anatomy of decision-making. A perfect failure : the Bay of Pigs / Irving L. Janis -- Anatomy of a fatal business strategy / Erhard K. Valentin -- A summary of basic concepts in the behavioral theory of the firm / Richard M. Cyert, James G. March -- Decision-making in organizations / Susan J. Miller, David J. Hickson, David C. Wilson -- Understanding decision-making : understanding organizations. Decision-making as a political process / Andrew M. Pettigrew -- The Irrationality of action and action rationality : decisions, ideologies and organizational actions / Nils Brunsson -- The hospital and its negotiated order / A. Strauss, L. Schatzman, D. Ehrlich, R. Bucher, M. Sabshin -- The practicalities of rule use / Don Zimmerman -- Thinking in organizations. Strategic management in an enacted world / Linda Smircich, Charles Stubbart -- The role of managerial learning and interpretation in strategic persistence and reorientation : an empirical exploration / Theresa K. Lant, Frances J. Milliken, Bipin Batra -- The cognitive perspective on strategic decision-making / Charles R. Schwenk -- The impact of organizational culture on approaches to organizational problem-solving / Paul Bate -- The societal context of organizational decision-making. Organizational forms : can we choose them? / Nils Brunsson, Johan P. Olsen -- The cult(ure) of the customer / Paul du Gay, Graeme Salaman -- Managerialism and social welfare / Janet Newman -- From decision to action in organizations : decision-making as a social representation / Herve Laroche.
Presenting essential readings concerned with the importance of clear decisions, the processes of decision making and the implications of flawed practice, this textbook reveals patterns of decision making and a range of theories.
Publisher:
SAGE,
Publication Place:
London :
ISBN:
0761974105
9780761974109
0761974113
9780761974116
Subject:
Decision-making.
Decision making.
Besluitvorming.
Management.
Contents:
The anatomy of decision-making. A perfect failure : the Bay of Pigs / Anatomy of a fatal business strategy / A summary of basic concepts in the behavioral theory of the firm / Decision-making in organizations / Understanding decision-making : understanding organizations. Decision-making as a political process / The Irrationality of action and action rationality : decisions, ideologies and organizational actions / The hospital and its negotiated order / The practicalities of rule use / Thinking in organizations. Strategic management in an enacted world / The role of managerial learning and interpretation in strategic persistence and reorientation : an empirical exploration / The cognitive perspective on strategic decision-making / The impact of organizational culture on approaches to organizational problem-solving / The societal context of organizational decision-making. Organizational forms : can we choose them? / The cult(ure) of the customer / Managerialism and social welfare / From decision to action in organizations : decision-making as a social representation /
Physical Description:
xi, 278 pages ;
Electronic Location:
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2002277541.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/2002277541-d.html
Publication Date:
2002.
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