garbage can model

The Value of Simple Exploratory Models for Explaining Complex Behaviors

February 9, 2018 Tom Galvin 0:18:27
Modeling was an uncommon method of conducting research in organization studies back during the classic period. The inclusion of a model (complete with FORTRAN source code) in Cohen et al.'s garbage can model article was therefore very exciting. Could Tom replicate the results in a modern programming language?Read More

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39: Carnegie Mellon Series #4 – Organizational Choice

February 8, 2018 Ralph Soule
The podcasters discuss a fascinating article, “A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice,” published in Administrative Science Quarterly back in 1972 by Michael Cohen, James March, and Johan Olsen. This is another episode from the Carnegie-Mellon University tradition, alongside Episode 4 on Organizational Routines and Episode 19 on Organizational Learning. This installment addresses organizational decision making and choice and, like the others in this series, it changed the way people think about organizations and organizational behavior.Read More