Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations
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Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations is a foundational organizational theory book that explores how limited information, conflicting goals, and uncertainty shape decision-making processes within organizations.
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| Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations Context triple: [James G. March, notableWork, Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations]
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Models of Bounded Rationality
Models of Bounded Rationality is a collection of Herbert A. Simon’s influential works that develop the concept of bounded rationality, explaining how real-world decision-making is constrained by limited information, cognitive capacity, and time.
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B.
Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It
"Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It" is a seminal public administration and political science book by James Q. Wilson that analyzes how and why government agencies operate as they do.
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Governing the Commons
Governing the Commons is a seminal book by political economist Elinor Ostrom that analyzes how communities successfully manage shared resources without relying solely on privatization or government control.
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D.
Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory is a foundational sociological text in which Bruno Latour systematically presents and defends actor-network theory as an alternative way of understanding social phenomena.
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E.
Perception, Opportunity and Profit
Perception, Opportunity and Profit is a seminal work in Austrian economics by Israel Kirzner that analyzes the role of entrepreneurial discovery in market processes and profit generation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations Target entity description: Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations is a foundational organizational theory book that explores how limited information, conflicting goals, and uncertainty shape decision-making processes within organizations.
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A.
Models of Bounded Rationality
Models of Bounded Rationality is a collection of Herbert A. Simon’s influential works that develop the concept of bounded rationality, explaining how real-world decision-making is constrained by limited information, cognitive capacity, and time.
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B.
Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It
"Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It" is a seminal public administration and political science book by James Q. Wilson that analyzes how and why government agencies operate as they do.
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C.
Governing the Commons
Governing the Commons is a seminal book by political economist Elinor Ostrom that analyzes how communities successfully manage shared resources without relying solely on privatization or government control.
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D.
Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory is a foundational sociological text in which Bruno Latour systematically presents and defends actor-network theory as an alternative way of understanding social phenomena.
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E.
Perception, Opportunity and Profit
Perception, Opportunity and Profit is a seminal work in Austrian economics by Israel Kirzner that analyzes the role of entrepreneurial discovery in market processes and profit generation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic book
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book ⓘ organizational theory book ⓘ |
| academicStatus |
classic text in decision-making research
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foundational work in organizational theory ⓘ |
| addresses |
how conflicting goals affect organizational choices
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how organizations make decisions with incomplete information ⓘ how uncertainty shapes organizational behavior ⓘ |
| approach |
behavioral theory of organizations
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non-rational models of choice ⓘ processual view of decision making ⓘ |
| author |
James G. March
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Johan P. Olsen ⓘ Michael D. Cohen ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
importance of context in organizational decisions
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limits of control in complex organizations ⓘ temporal and situational aspects of choice ⓘ |
| field |
decision-making theory
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organizational studies ⓘ organizational theory ⓘ |
| influencedField |
management studies
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organizational behavior ⓘ policy analysis ⓘ political science ⓘ public administration ⓘ |
| mainConcept |
bounded rationality in organizations
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conflicting organizational goals ⓘ garbage can model of organizational choice ⓘ limited information in organizations ⓘ organizational anarchy ⓘ organizational decision making under ambiguity ⓘ organizational uncertainty ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
fluid participation in organizations
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problematic preferences in organizations ⓘ unclear technology in organizations ⓘ |
| perspectiveOnOrganizations |
organizations as arenas of competing goals and interests
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organizations as collections of loosely coupled processes ⓘ |
| theoreticalContribution |
challenges rational decision-making models in organizations
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emphasizes the role of ambiguity in organizational processes ⓘ links decision making to organizational structure and processes ⓘ |
| title | Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations ⓘ |
| usedIn |
graduate courses in management
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graduate courses in organizational theory ⓘ graduate courses in public administration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations Description of subject: Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations is a foundational organizational theory book that explores how limited information, conflicting goals, and uncertainty shape decision-making processes within organizations.
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