Person

March, James G., and Johan P. Olsen

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.

Works

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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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