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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF COMMITTEE COMPOSITION AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEM‐SOLVING TOOL
Author(s) -
Nichols Mary Lippitt
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1981.tb00085.x
Subject(s) - task (project management) , exploratory research , work (physics) , computer science , composition (language) , operations research , chose , management science , management , political science , mathematics , sociology , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , anthropology , law
This paper describes the development of a classification of committees frequently seen in response to authority‐task problems in universities. It then reports data that describe how twenty high‐level, experienced administrators, when presented with a series of seven hypothetical cases representing each type of committee, chose to compose each committee. Implications of this work for understanding the use of committees as strategic problem‐solving tools are explored.