The Science of &quot;Muddling Through&quot;

The Science of "Muddling Through"

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Title: The Science of "Muddling Through"
Abstract/Description: Short courses, books, and articles exhort administrators to make decisions more methodically, but there has been little analysis of the decision-making process now used by public administrators. The usual process is investigated here-and generally defended against proposals for more "scientific" methods. Decisions of individual administrators, of course, must be integrated with decisions of others to form the mosaic of public policy. This integration of individual decisions has become the major concern of organization theory, and the way individuals make decisions necessarily affects the way those decisions are best meshed with others'. In addition, decision-making method relates to allocation of decision-making responsibility-who should make what decision. More "scientific" decision-making also is discussed in this issue: "Tools for Decision-Making in Resources Planning."
Author/creator: Lindblom, Charles Edward
Date: 1959
In publication: Public Administration Review
Volume: 19
Issue: 2
Pages: 79-88
Resource type: en Background/Context
Medium: en Print
Background/context type: en Conceptual
Open access/free-text available: en No
Peer reviewed: en Yes
ISSN: 0033-3352
DOI: 10.2307/973677
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (JSTOR)
Citation: Lindblom, C. E. (1959). The Science of “Muddling Through.” Public Administration Review, 19(2), 79–88. https://doi.org/10.2307/973677
Cited in: The Policy Context of United States Educational Innovation and Improvement
Resource status/form: en Published Text
Scholarship genre: en Theoretical

Item sets: Oxford Bibliography: The Policy Context of United States Educational Innovation and Improvement

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