Decisions and Organizations

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).

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).

Thierry 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.

Introduction: A chronicle of speculations about organizational decision-making	p. 1
The Allocation of Attention
Organizational structure and pricing behavior in an oligopolistic market	p. 25
Models in a behavioral theory of the firm	p. 37
Financial adversity, internal competition and curriculum change in a university	p. 61
Managerial perspectives on risk and risk-taking	p. 76
Conflict in Organizations
The business firm as a political coalition	p. 101
The power of power	p. 116
Implementation and ambiguity	p. 150
Adaptive Rules
Footnotes to organizational change	p. 167
A model of adaptive organizational search	p. 187
Learning from experience in organizations	p. 219
Decision-making and postdecision surprises	p. 228
Decision-Making under Ambiguity
The technology of foolishness	p. 253
Bounded rationality, ambiguity and the engineering of choice	p. 266
A garbage can model of organizational choice	p. 294
The uncertainty of the past: organizational learning under ambiguity	p. 335
Performance sampling in social matches	p. 359
Ambiguity and accounting: the elusive link between information and decision-making	p. 384
Information in organizations as signal and symbol	p. 409
Gossip, information and decision-making	p. 429
Index	p. 443
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