Decisions in organizations: a three-country comparative study
"This book presents a major longitudinal comparative analysis of decision-making in seven organizations in three countries: the United Kingdom, Yugoslavia and the Netherlands. Although studies of decision-making and power relations within organizations are not new, Decisions in Organizations b...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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London
1988
Sage |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19136516124919547989-Decisions-in-organizations-a-t.htm |
| Summary: | "This book presents a major longitudinal comparative analysis of decision-making in seven organizations in three countries: the United Kingdom, Yugoslavia and the Netherlands.
Although studies of decision-making and power relations within organizations are not new, Decisions in Organizations breaks new ground in two respects. First, it develops methods for tracing and measuring changes in the longitudinal decision-making process over the whole cycle of events relating to tactical and strategic issues. Second, it uses an original combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to allow meaningful interpretation of the statistical results. The outcome is a theoretical model which throws fresh light on the complexities of organizational events and helps to explain the main ingredients of power, and the role and limitation of participative decision-making.
A number of the authors' findings question or extend the conclusions of previous research. For example, the under-utilization of employees' skills and competence, which is widespread, emerges as a very significant outcome of excessively centralized power. Contrary to previous research, conflicts are shown to play a useful role in decision-making and to be to some extent a natural consequence of employee involvement. The implementation phase of decisions, hitherto ignored, is seen as important, and both theoretically and empirically distinct from earlier phases. These and other findings have practical, policy-relevant implications for design and practice." |
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| Physical Description: | 250 p. Paper |