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.
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"The March collection is superb." Hans Pennings, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
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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. It acts as a sequel to March's earlier Decisions and Organizations. The essays published here reflect the shift in March's thinking, and therefore the shift in teaching of organizational theory generally, towards a "softer", more European approach since the late 1980s.
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Performance opened up,
By Rita Durant (Tuscaloosa, AL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Pursuit of Organizational Intelligence: Decisions and Learning in Organizations (Blackwell Business) (Paperback)
This book is a gem for anyone thinking about how organizations work. The chapter on organizational performance alone is well worth the price of the whole book: For example, "It is not clear tht organizational purpose can be portrayed as unitary, or that the multiple purposes of an organization are reliably constant." This opens the door for intelligence, as interpretation in context, rather than simply as the result of the detached number-crunching rampant in today's organizational studies. Other chapters are very "quotable" also; March has enough status in the field to have attracted notable and articulate co-authors for various sections. I am personally interested in how March and colleagues discuss the role of storying in organizations. I wonder to what extent March et al. still hold out for a truth beyond the stories, or whether they are able to see the truths within them. That just goes to show that this book is capable of clearly describing the essential concerns of organizations in general, and management in particular, while also sparking ideas and debates. Read it, please, then let's engage the ideas by sharing our own stories.
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average return model, cumulated resources, survival reference point, normal performance distribution, disposable organizations, ruin rate, aspiration adjustment, adaptive aspirations, variable risk preferences, aspiration level effects, adaptive organizational search, coordination factor, greater risk aversion, risky choice behavior, simultaneous learning, survival point, consequential choice, ith alternative, organizational code, hypothetical histories, risky alternative, positive domain, balance between exploration, negative domain, organizational intelligence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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average return model, cumulated resources, survival reference point, normal performance distribution, disposable organizations, ruin rate, aspiration adjustment, adaptive aspirations, variable risk preferences, aspiration level effects, adaptive organizational search, coordination factor, greater risk aversion, risky choice behavior, simultaneous learning, survival point, consequential choice, ith alternative, organizational code, hypothetical histories, risky alternative, positive domain, balance between exploration, negative domain, organizational intelligence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Administrative Science Quarterly, Free Press, Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, Englewood Cliffs, Spencer Foundation, Academy of Management, American Economic Review, Stanford Graduate School of Business, American Political Science Review, Psychological Review, American Sociological Review, Oxford University Press, Organization Science, Princeton University Press, Stanford University, Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, Annual Review of Sociology, Beverly Hills, Don Quixote, Experimental Social Psychology, Trials Figure, United States New!
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- Eva Luna by Isabel Allende in Front Matter, page 179, and page 191
- Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes in Front Matter, page 372, and page 375
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