Organizational response: The cost performance tradeoff

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-234

  Lin, Zhiang ^a   Carley, Kathleen M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cost; Decision Making Accuracy; Opportunity for Review; Organizational Design; Simulation; Task Environment; Time Pressure; Training

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; TASK ENVIRONMENT; TIME PRESSURE;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0031062189     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.2.217     Document Type: Article

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