Organizational decision making and error in a dynamic task environment

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-149

  Lin, Zhiang ^a   Carley, Kathleen M ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent match; Organizational design; Organizational learning; Performance; Simulation; Task environment; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039976815     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022250X.1997.9990198     Document Type: Article

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