Handbook of Decision Making

722 Pages·2012·2.62 MB·English

H D M
ANDBOOK OF ECISION AKING
Edited by
PAUL C. NUTT AND DAVID C. WILSON
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Contents
NotesontheContributors ix
AbouttheEditors xxi
PARTI INTRODUCTION 1
1 CrucialTrendsandIssuesinStrategicDecisionMaking 3
PAULC.NUTTANDDAVIDC.WILSON
2 ResearchonStrategicDecisions:TakingStockandLookingAhead 31
VASSILISPAPADAKIS,IOANNISTHANOS,ANDPATRICKBARWISE
PARTII KEYTHEORETICALPERSPECTIVES 71
3 DecisionMaking:It’sNotWhatYouThink 73
HENRYMINTZBERGANDFRANCESWESTLEY
4 OrganizingandtheProcessofSensemaking 83
KARLE.WEICK,KATHLEENM.SUTCLIFFE,ANDDAVIDOBSTFELD
5 ThePoliticalAspectsofStrategicDecisionMaking 105
JOHNCHILD,SAIDELBANNA,ANDSUZANARODRIGUES
6 OrganizationalIdentityandStrategicDecisionMaking 139
AIMEEL.HAMILTONANDDENNISA.GIOIA
vi CONTENTS
PARTIII CONCEPTUALIZINGSTRATEGICDECISIONMAKING 153
7 BuildingaDecision-makingActionTheory 155
PAULC.NUTT
8 ADecisionProcessModeltoSupportTimelyOrganizationalInnovation 197
ANDREL.DELBECQ,TERRIL.GRIFFITH,TAMMYL.MADSEN,ANDJENNIFERL.WOOLLEY
9 DecisionMakinginGroups:TheoryandPractice 231
COLINEDENANDFRANACKERMANN
PARTIV FACTORSANDCONSIDERATIONSTHATIMPINGEONDECISIONMAKING 273
10 DecisionMakinginProfessionalServiceFirms 275
TIMMORRIS,ROYSTONGREENWOOD,ANDSAMANTHAFAIRCLOUGH
11 RiskTakingandStrategicDecisionMaking 307
PHILIPBROMILEYANDDEVAKIRAU
12 DecisionErrorsofthe4th,5th,and6thKind 327
KIMBOALANDMARKMECKLER
13 DecisionMakinginPublicOrganizations 349
HALG.RAINEY,JOHNC.RONQUILLO,ANDCLAUDIAN.AVELLANEDA
14 StrategicDecisionMakingandKnowledge:AHeideggerianApproach 379
HARIDIMOSTSOUKAS
15 ChallengesofUsingITtoSupportMultidisciplinaryTeam
DecisionMaking 403
MICHAELBARRETTANDEIVOROBORN
PARTV RECENTEMPIRICALFINDINGSTHATSUPPORTTHEORIESANDVIEWS 431
16 TheBradfordStudies:DecisionMakingandImplementationProcesses
andPerformance 433
SUSANMILLER
17 ComparingtheMeritsofDecision-makingProcesses 449
PAULC.NUTT
CONTENTS vii
18 OfBaseball,MedicalDecisionMaking,andInnumeracy 501
LORIFERRANTI,STEVENCHENG,ANDDAVIDDILTS
19 TheDimensionsofDecisions:AConceptualandEmpiricalInvestigation 517
LORIS.FRANZANDMICHAELW.KRAMER
PARTVI METHODOLOGYFORTHESTUDYOFDECISIONMAKING 541
20 EmpiricalMethodsforResearchonOrganizationalDecision-Making
Processes 543
MARSHALLSCOTTPOOLEANDANDREWH.VANDEVEN
21 OntheStudyofProcess:MergingQualitativeandQuantitative
Approaches 581
PAULC.NUTT
22 TheBradfordStudies:IssuesRaisedbyTheseandOtherStudiesforthe
UnderstandingofDecisionMaking 619
DAVIDC.WILSON
PARTVII DIRECTIONSANDPERSPECTIVES 643
23 DiscussionandImplications:TowardCreatingaUnifiedTheoryof
DecisionMaking 645
PAULC.NUTTANDDAVIDC.WILSON
Index 679