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Who are the authors of the seminal paper, A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice?
The authors are Michael D. Cohen, James G. March, and Johan P. Olsen.
What are organized anarchies in the context of decision making?
Organized anarchies are organizations or decision situations characterized by problematic preferences, unclear technology, and fluid participation.
What is the garbage can model of organizational decision making?
The garbage can model describes the chaotic reality of organizational decision making in an organized anarchy, symbolizing the choice-opportunity/decision-situation as a 'garbage can' that participants are chaotically dumping problems and solutions into.
How are problems, solutions, and participants/decision-makers portrayed in the garbage can model?
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What does the term 'garbage can' signify in the garbage can model?
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According to the garbage can model, organized anarchies are always characterized by problematic preferences, unclear technology, and fluid participation
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The garbage can model was first introduced in the 1972 paper, A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice
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The garbage can model views decision-making situations as 'garbage cans' where problems, solutions, and decision-makers are chaotically mixed together
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The garbage can model suggests that problems, solutions, and participants/decision-makers are interdependent streams that flow disconnected from each other
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Organizations such as public, educational, and illegitimate organizations are always more frequently characterized by the traits of organized anarchy
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