Punctuated Equilibrium Models in Organizational Decision Making
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چکیده
8.1 Two Research Conundrums..................................................................................................134 8.1.1 Lindblom’s Theory of Administrative Incrementalism...........................................134 8.1.2 Wildavsky’s Theory of Budgetary Incrementalism.................................................135 8.1.3 The Diverse Meanings of Budgetary “Incrementalism”..........................................135 8.1.4 A Brief Aside on Paleontology.................................................................................136 8.2 Punctuated Equilibrium Theory—A Way Out of Both Conundrums.................................136 8.3 A Theoretical Model of Punctuated Equilibrium Theory....................................................137 8.4 Evidence of Punctuated Equilibria in Organizational Decision Making ............................139 8.4.1 Punctuated Equilibrium and the Federal Budget.....................................................139 8.4.2 Punctuated Equilibrium and Local Government Budgets .......................................140 8.4.3 Punctuated Equilibrium and the Federal Policy Process.........................................141 8.4.4 Punctuated Equilibrium and Organizational Bureaucratization ..............................142 8.4.5 Assessing the Evidence.............................................................................................143 8.5 Frontiers of Punctuated Equilibrium Research....................................................................143 8.5.1 The Statistical Challenges of Punctuated Equilibrium Research ............................143 8.5.2 The Theoretical Challenges of Punctuated Equilibrium Research..........................145 8.6 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................148 References......................................................................................................................................148
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