Book Review: Alessandro Lomi and J. Richard Harrison (Eds.)Research in the Sociology of Organizations, vol. 36: The Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice: Looking Forward at Forty

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Zbaracki
Keyword(s):  
Garbage Can Model ◽  
Sociology Of Organizations ◽  
Organizational Choice

Book Review: The Sociology of Organizations

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-184
Author(s):  
Gabriel Aquino
Keyword(s):  
Sociology Of Organizations

Michael D. Cohen, James G. March, and Johan P. Olsen, “A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice”

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Jann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Organization Theory ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Administrative Reform ◽  
Garbage Can Model ◽  
Organizational Choice

This chapter examines “A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice,” a paper authored by Michael D. Cohen, James G. March, and Johan P. Olsen. It first discusses the assumptions of the garbage can model about decision-making in organizations, paying particular attention its three main elements: problematic preferences, unclear technologies, and fluid participation. It then considers four “relatively independent streams” and their interrelations: problems, solutions, participants, and choice opportunities. The chapter also assesses the paper’s main impact by focusing on organization theory and the original formal model before turning to the more specific areas of policy-making, administrative reform, and institutional theory.

A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice

1972 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Cohen ◽  
James G. March ◽  
Johan P. Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Garbage Can Model ◽  
Organizational Choice
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