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It is fundamental to those theories that thinking should precede action ; that action
should serve a purpose ; that purpose should be defined in terms of a consistent
set of pre - existent goals ; and that choice should be based on a consistent ...
It is fundamental to those theories that thinking should precede action ; that action
should serve a purpose ; that purpose should be defined in terms of a consistent
set of pre - existent goals ; and that choice should be based on a consistent ...
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We ask that a social system amalgamate individual goals into a collective goal .
... Since it is obvious that goals change over time and that the character of those
changes affects both the richness of personal and social development and the ...
We ask that a social system amalgamate individual goals into a collective goal .
... Since it is obvious that goals change over time and that the character of those
changes affects both the richness of personal and social development and the ...
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Suppose we treat action as a way of creating interesting goals at the same time
as we treat goals as a way of justifying action . It is an intuitively plausible and
simple idea , but one that is not immediately within the domain of standard
normative ...
Suppose we treat action as a way of creating interesting goals at the same time
as we treat goals as a way of justifying action . It is an intuitively plausible and
simple idea , but one that is not immediately within the domain of standard
normative ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Organizational Learning and the Ambiguity of the Past | 54 |
The Technology of Foolishness | 69 |
Copyright | |
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Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations James G. March,Johan P. Olsen,Søren Christensen Snippet view - 1979 |
Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations James G. March,Johan P. Olsen,Søren Christensen Snippet view - 1979 |
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