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ISBN
9781439157336

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
1439157332
ISBN-13
9781439157336
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72064633

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
308 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Primer on Decision Making : How Decisions Happen
Subject
Decision-Making & Problem Solving, General, Management
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Author
James G. March
Subject Area
Education, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
13.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
Herbert A. SimonNobel Laureate in Economic ScienceOver a half century of research and writing, March has done more than anyone else to give us an unvarnished picture of how people actually make decisions in organizations, with all the uncertainty, craftiness, illogic, passion, ignorance, and even playfulness that entails. In this book he sums up his incisive insights into the decision-making process, and shares with us some very practical notions about the difficualt task of making intelligent decisions., Daniel KahnemanEugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, Princeton UniversityBrilliant, wise, thoroughly original, and deeply rooted in a large body of modern research. An occasion for the gratitude of all students of decision making., Tom PetersThe Tom Peters GroupMarch towers above the landscape in his understanding of the process of actual decision making in organizations. This masterful and accessible book is a gem., Nils BrunssonProfessor of Management, Stockholm School of EconomicsAn extraordinarily rich and clear analysis by the leading scholar in the field. This book will not only become a standard reader in courses of decision theory but will also serve as an introduction to many related areas., Eric WannerPresident, Russell Sage FoundationThere are many smart books about decision-making, but very few that are wise. This is one of the few., Sidney G. WinterDeloitte and Touche Professor of Management, The Wharton SchoolA wonderfully balanced and urbane account of the realities of decision making in a complicated world.
Dewey Decimal
658.4/03
Table Of Content
Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Limited Rationality The Idea of Rational Choice Limited (or Bounded) Rationality Theories of Attention and Search Risk and Risk Taking 2. Rule Following Decision Making as Rule Following Rules, Identities, and Action Rule Development and Change Appropriate Rules or Consequential Choice? 3. Multiple Actors: Teams and Partners Interpersonal Consistency and Teams Interpersonal Inconsistencies Social Bases of Inconsistencies Uneasy Partners 4. Multiple Actors: Conflict and Politics Decisions and Power Decisions and Coalitions Participation and Decision Instabilities Single Actors and Multiple Actors 5. Ambiguity and Interpretation Order and Ambiguity in Decision Making Ambiguous Bases of Decision Making Loose Coupling in Organizations Garbage Can Decision Process Decision Making and the Construction of Meaning Ambiguity and Understanding 6. Decision Engineering Defining Decision Intelligence Improving Adaptiveness Using Knowledge Creating Meaning Notes Additional Reading Index About the Author
Synopsis
Building on lecture notes from his acclaimed course at Stanford University, James March provides a brilliant introduction to decision making, a central human activity fundamental to individual, group, organizational, and societal life. March draws on research from all the disciplines of social and behavioral science to show decision making in its broadest context. By emphasizing how decisions are actually made -- as opposed to how they should be made -- he enables those involved in the process to understand it both as observers and as participants. March sheds new light on the decision-making process by delineating four deep issues that persistently divide students of decision making: Are decisions based on rational choices involving preferences and expected consequences, or on rules that are appropriate to the identity of the decision maker and the situation? Is decision making a consistent, clear process or one characterized by ambiguity and inconsistency? Is decision making significant primarily for its outcomes, or for the individual and social meanings it creates and sustains? And finally, are the outcomes of decision processes attributable solely to the actions of individuals, or to the combined influence of interacting individuals, organizations, and societies? March's observations on how intelligence is -- or is not -- achieved through decision making, and possibilities for enhancing decision intelligence, are also provided. March explains key concepts of vital importance to students of decision making and decision makers, such as limited rationality, history-dependent rules, and ambiguity, and weaves these ideas into a full depiction of decision making. He includes a discussion of the modern aspects of several classic issues underlying these concepts, such as the relation between reason and ignorance, intentionality and fate, and meaning and interpretation. This valuable textbook by one of the seminal figures in the history of organizational decision making will be required reading for a new generation of scholars, managers, and other decision makers.

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