Problem definition and information provision by federal bureaucrats

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 43, Issue , 2017, Pages 140-152

  Workman, Samuel ^a   Shafran, JoBeth ^a   Bark, Tracey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Congress; Problem definition; Public policy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY;

BUREAUCRACY; CONGRESS; INFORMATION PROVISION; POLICY PROBLEM; PROBLEM DEFINITION; PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS; RATIONAL MODELS; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS;

DECISION THEORY;

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; FEDERAL BUREAUCRATS; FINANCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IDEOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LONGEVITY; ORGANIZATION; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 85008204028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2016.11.002     Document Type: Article

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