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Reorganization as a Garbage Can JOHAN P . OLSEN University of Bergen 14 . 0
. Introduction ... Reorganizations have been proposed , implemented , and
understood mainly as solutions to problems . Organizations are changed
deliberately ...
Reorganization as a Garbage Can JOHAN P . OLSEN University of Bergen 14 . 0
. Introduction ... Reorganizations have been proposed , implemented , and
understood mainly as solutions to problems . Organizations are changed
deliberately ...
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Such a perspective emphasizes the expressive , symbolic , and imageexercising
aspects of a reorganization . It underlines the need for examining reorganizations
as occasions for discovering or accepting new organizational values , or ...
Such a perspective emphasizes the expressive , symbolic , and imageexercising
aspects of a reorganization . It underlines the need for examining reorganizations
as occasions for discovering or accepting new organizational values , or ...
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While in retrospect celebrated as a crusade for democracy and participation , the
reorganization did not begin as an issue of power and influence . On the contrary
, it started as an attempt to solve a classic practical problem for the department ...
While in retrospect celebrated as a crusade for democracy and participation , the
reorganization did not begin as an issue of power and influence . On the contrary
, it started as an attempt to solve a classic practical problem for the department ...
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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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