Ambiguity and Choice in OrganizationsScandinavian University Press, 1979 - 408 pages |
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... allocation of attention to decisions ( within structural constraints ) by means of three main themes : First , we examine attention as rational action . Attention is a scarce resource ; not everyone can attend to everything all of the ...
... allocation of attention to decisions ( within structural constraints ) by means of three main themes : First , we examine attention as rational action . Attention is a scarce resource ; not everyone can attend to everything all of the ...
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... allocation tend to give priority to those things that are immediate , specific , operational , and doable ; they tend to ignore things that are distant , general , and difficult to translate into action ( March and Simon , 1958 ) . As a ...
... allocation tend to give priority to those things that are immediate , specific , operational , and doable ; they tend to ignore things that are distant , general , and difficult to translate into action ( March and Simon , 1958 ) . As a ...
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... allocation is a factor in another person's allocation . Although such a relation does not make the model impossible , it does create some practical , technical difficulties . The difficulties are not only those of the student of time ...
... allocation is a factor in another person's allocation . Although such a relation does not make the model impossible , it does create some practical , technical difficulties . The difficulties are not only those of the student of time ...
Contents
People Problems Solutions and the Ambiguity | 24 |
Attention and the Ambiguity of Selfinterest | 38 |
Organizational Learning and the Ambiguity of the Past | 54 |
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