Studying Deciding: An Exchange of Views Between Mintzberg and Waters, Pettigrew, and Butler
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Organization Studies
- Vol. 11 (1) , 001-6
- https://doi.org/10.1177/017084069001100101
Abstract
This exchange of views on the study of decisions and change in organizations was prompted by the question, 'Does decision get in the way?', which is asked in the opening piece by Henry Mintzberg and James Waters. They distrust the concept of decision itself; so does Richard Butler, but he tries to prevent any throwing out of the baby with the bathwater, arguing that existing theory can cope with this distrust. Andrew Pettigrew prefers to enlarge the scene so that the changing activity around the baby in the bath is not missed.Keywords
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