The Pursuit of Organizational Intelligence Decisions and Learning in Organizations

by March, James G.

• ISBN13: 9780631211020
• ISBN10: 0631211020
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Pursuit of Organizational Intelligence brings together the writing of one of the best-known academics in the field of decision making and organizational theory.

Author Biography

James G. March is Professor of Organizational Theory, Emeritus, Graduate School of Business; Professor of International Economics, Emeritus; Professor of Political Science and Professor of Sociology, School of Humanities and Sciences; Professor of Education (by courtesy), School of Education - Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Understanding How Decisions Happen in Organizations

Continuity and Change in Theories of Organizational Action

Institutional Perspectives on Political Institutions

Organizational Learning

The Evolution of Evolution

Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning

Learning from Samples of One or Fewer

Adaptive Co-ordination of a Learning Team

The Future, Disposable Organizations, and the Rigidities of Imagination

The Myopia of Learning

Wild Ideas: The Catechism of Heresy

Variable Risk Preferences and Adaptive Aspirations

Variable Risk Preferences and the Focus of Attention

Learning to Be Risk Averse

Model Bias in Social Action

Organizational Consultants and Organizational Research

Organizational Performance as a Dependent Variable

Science, Politics

Education and the Pursuit of Optimism

A Scholar's Quest

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