Decision Making Structures Dealing with Uncertainty within Organizations

This book is the cuhnination of many years' research inspired by the pioneering and seminal works of Sah and Stiglitz. We gratefully acknowledge the influence of these two authors, whose ideas and contributions have brought us together on this collabo­ ration, despite our divergent scientific b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Catalani, Mario S., Clerico, Giuseppe F. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg Physica-Verlag HD 1996, 1996
Edition:1st ed. 1996
Series:Contributions to Management Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Some models of decision making structures
  • I. How and when unanimity is a superior decision rule
  • II. Majority rules and efficiency of the decision process
  • III. Team cooperation vs.independent assessment
  • IV. Leadership and dependence
  • V. The decision making process of political organizations
  • II Pyramid decision structures
  • I. Pyramidal structures: a preliminary note
  • II. Other properties of pyramids
  • III. Pyramids and dependence
  • IV. Organization, loyalty, and efficiency
  • Conclusions
  • References