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The Challenges of March and Simon’s Organizations : Introduction to the Special Issue
Author(s) -
Bromiley Philip,
Koumakhov Rouslan,
Rousseau Denise M.,
Starbuck William H.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/joms.12534
Subject(s) - mainstream , set (abstract data type) , sociology , core (optical fiber) , point (geometry) , cognition , organization studies , key (lock) , organizational behavior , management science , epistemology , management , cognitive science , psychology , knowledge management , computer science , political science , economics , law , telecommunications , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , computer security , neuroscience , programming language
March and Simon pushed the study of organizations into the mainstream of academic writing about business. We outline central ideas discussed by the book and its pioneering role in studying cognitive processes underlying boundedly rational human beings. Through their representational approach, March and Simon defined and explicated key mechanisms of individual and organizational decision‐making. Organizations provided an empirically‐based understanding of human behavior and coordination, and set up core scientific criteria for creating the cumulative body of management and organization research. We summarize the papers presented in this special issue and point out contributions by Organizations that have been understated, forgotten or ignored in management studies.