Person
James G March
Organizational theorists of ambiguous preferences, garbage can decision-making, and institutional choice under uncertainty.
Why this matters
March and Olsen model how decisions happen in messy systems—problems, solutions, and participants arrive on different clocks.
Works3 sources
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Organizations
March, James G., and Herbert A. Simon. Organizations. New York: Wiley, 1958.
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Rediscovering Institutions: The
March, James G., and Johan P. Olsen. Rediscovering Institutions: The Organizational Basis of Politics. New York: Free Press, 1989.
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Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational
March, James G. "Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning." Organization Science 2, no. 1 (1991): 71–87.
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