Garbage Can Model
A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice Michael D. Cohen; James G. March; Johan P. Olsen Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 1. (Mar., 1972), pp. 1-25.
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Michael D. Cohen, James G. March, and Johan P. Olsen
A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice
Organized anarchies are organizations characterized b y problematic preferences, unclear technology, and fluid participation. Recent studies of universities, a familiar form of organized anarchy, suggest that such organizatio.ns can be viewed for some purposes as collections of choices looking for problems, issues and feelings looking for decision situations in which they might be aired, solutions looking for issues t o which they might be an answer, and decision makers looking for work. These ideas are translated
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Michael D. Cohen, James G. March, and Johan P. Olsen
A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice
Organized anarchies are organizations characterized b y problematic preferences, unclear technology, and fluid participation. Recent studies of universities, a familiar form of organized anarchy, suggest that such organizatio.ns can be viewed for some purposes as collections of choices looking for problems, issues and feelings looking for decision situations in which they might be aired, solutions looking for issues t o which they might be an answer, and decision makers looking for work. These ideas are translated
Citations: Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis Graham T. Allison The American Political Science Review, Vol. 63, No. 3. (Sep., 1969), pp. 689-718.