{"product_id":"decisions-and-organizations-isbn-9780631168560","title":"Decisions and Organizations","description":"This book collects together for the first time over 20 of James March's key essays, including those co-authorised with R.M. Cyert and J.P. Olsen and others. The coverage ranges from his early work on the behavioural theory of the firm, through conflict and adaptive rules in organizations, to decision-making under ambiguity (including the famed 'garbage can' model). Introduction: A chronicle of speculations about organizational decision-making 1 \u003cp\u003ePart I The Allocation of Attention\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Organizational structure and pricing behavior in an oligopolistic market 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Models in a behavioral theory of the firm 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Financial adversity, internal competition and curriculum change in a university 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Managerial perspectives on risk and risk-taking 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II Conflict in Organizations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The business firm as a political coalition 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The power of power 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Implementation and ambiguity 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III Adaptive Rules\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Footnotes to organizational change 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 A model of adaptive organizational search 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Learning from experience in organizations 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Decision-making and postdecision surprises 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV Decision-Making under Ambiguity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The technology of foolishness 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Bounded rationality, ambiguity and the engineering of choice 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 A garbage can model of organizational choice 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The uncertainty of the past: organizational learning under ambiguity 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Performance sampling in social matches 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Ambiguity and accounting: the elusive link between information and decision-making 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Information in organizations as signal and symbol 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Gossip, information and decision-making 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 443\u003c\/p\u003e  James G. March is Fred H. Merrill Professor of Management and Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Stanford University. He has inspired generations of students with his work in organizational theory. His previous publications include ‘Decisions and Organizations’ (Blackwell Publishing, 1989), ‘Behavioral Theory of the Firm’ (Blackwell Publishing, Second Edition, 1992) and ‘The Pursuit of Organizational Intelligence’ (Blackwell Publishing, 1998).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThierry A. Weill is Professor of Technology Management at Ecole des Mines in Paris. From 2000 to 2002, he acted as scientific advisor to the Prime Minister of France, Lionel Jospin. He is the author of two books, over 40 scientific papers, and several patents. He chairs a monthly workshop on technology and innovation management.\u003c\/p\u003e  For over 30 years, James March has made a sustained and innovative contribution to the field of organizational theory. In this series of lectures, previously unpublished in English, March explores the problems of leadership. These problems, he proposes, are dealt with more effectively in works of great literature than in management textbooks. Reading ‘War and Peace’ or ‘Don Quixote’, according to March, allows us to develop a critical ability which complements the techniques we acquire elsewhere. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarch uses literature to present a range of moral dilemmas related to leadership – questions concerning the balance between private life and public duties, between ingenuity and innocence, between diversity and integration, and between the expression and the control of sexuality. He encourages us to explore ideas that are subversive, unpalatable, and which may not work in the short term, but which allow organisations to adapt in a rapidly changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989030977765,"sku":"NP9780631168560","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631168560.jpg?v=1761782512","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/decisions-and-organizations-isbn-9780631168560","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}