Organisational decision making : a comparative study

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:This thesis is a study in the field of organisational decision making. The focus is ondecision making where the organisation is the unit of analysis (as opposed to theindividual). It is a systemic approach rather than a behavioural or personal approach.The methodology employed is a conceptual study, which comprises the descriptionand discussion of four models of decision making. Each model is discussedindividually. The models date from the late 1940's to the middle 1970's and areknown as the 'rational', 'procedural', 'political' and 'anarchic' models oforganisational decision making. In conclusion, a major problem in the understandingof organisational decision making is discussed. This problem relates to how genericorganisational decision making activity can be understood, without having to considerthe behavioural features of decision making.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University