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Klappentext This classic book by Sir Geoffrey Vickers first published 30 years ago speaks to both the student/academic and the practitioner interested in understanding decision-making in organizational settings. As the biographical essay elucidates, Vickers' ideas arose from his rich and multifaceted career as a practitioner. His work provides for the integration of theory and practice that is without parallel anywhere in the literature. Written in a lively and accessible style The Art of Judgment continues to be a seminal work for scholars seeking to develop an interpretive and critical account of management and organization. This work is a study which transcends both a narrow and scientific view of administrative behaviour and lays the groundwork for a view of management thought and action grounded in the world of human experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor¿s Introduction - Henry D Kass Foreword to the Centenary Edition of The Art of Judgement - Guy B Adams, Bayard L Catron and Scott D N Cook Exercise in the Creation of Form - Margaret Blunden The Life of Sir Geoffrey Vickers Foreword to the 1983 Edition - Kenneth E Boulding Poem Preface to the Original Edition Introduction to the Original Edition PART ONE: POLICY-MAKING AS A MENTAL SKILL The Regulation of Institutions Appreciation Three Case Studies in Appreciation The Appreciative System Prediction Innovation Valuation The Limits of the Regulable PART TWO: POLICY-MAKING AS AN INSTITUTIONAL PROCESS Institutions as Dynamic Systems Political Choice and Market Choice Growth Accountability Internal Criteria of Success PART THREE: POLICY-MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DECISION SITUATION The Decision Situation Decision as Learning The Elusive Issue The Budgetary Decision Allocative and Integrative Decisions The Decision under Protest PART FOUR: POLICY-MAKING WITHIN THE HUMAN-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM The Human-Ecological System ...
