Studying Deciding: An Exchange of Views Between Mintzberg and Waters, Pettigrew, and Butler
本文是明茨伯格、沃特斯、佩蒂格鲁和巴特勒关于决策与组织变革研究的观点交流,探讨“决策是否碍事”这一问题,适合对决策理论持怀疑态度的学者阅读。
This exchange of views on the study of decisions and change in organizations was prompted by the question, 'Does decision get in the way?', which is asked in the opening piece by Henry Mintzberg and James Waters. They distrust the concept of decision itself; so does Richard Butler, but he tries to prevent any throwing out of the baby with the bathwater, arguing that existing theory can cope with this distrust. Andrew Pettigrew prefers to enlarge the scene so that the changing activity around the baby in the bath is not missed.