Passing the buck in the garbage can model of organizational choice

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-143

  Fioretti, Guido ^a   Lomi, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Buck passing; Garbage can model; Organizational decision making; Postponing decisions

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; BUCK-PASSING; GARBAGE CAN MODELS; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR; MAKING DECISION; ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING; POSTPONING DECISIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77956177571     PISSN: 1381298X     EISSN: 15729346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10588-010-9070-6     Document Type: Article

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