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Note—On Planning Freedom: Some Thoughts About the Ideas of Van Gigch

Author(s) -

Maria Nowakowska

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

management science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.954

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1526-5501

pISSN - 0025-1909

DOI - 10.1287/mnsc.25.3.274

Subject(s) - degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , arrow , impossibility , arrow's impossibility theorem , mathematical economics , computer science , sociology , social choice theory , mathematics , political science , law , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language

This Note is an attempt at showing how the problem of planning for freedom discussed in (Eilon, S. 1976. Planning and freedom. Editorial. OMEGA, Internal. J. Management Sci. 4 (5) 501-505; Singhal, K., V. Vyasulu. 1978. More on planning for freedom. Management Sci. 24 (5) 581-584; van Gigch, J. P. 1976. Planning for freedom. Management Sci. 22 949-961; van Gigch, J. P. 1977. A management science approach to planning freedom--A Rejoinder. OMEGA, Internal. J. Management Sci. 5 (1)) can be formalized in terms of so-called "freedom functions" which express the distribution of rights in a society. It is argued that the approach analogous to that used in Arrow's Impossibility Theorem for social welfare functions would require determining first the class of all feasible freedom functions.planning: national, social choice, organization design

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