For the Benefit of Mr. Thompson: Organizations, Uncertainty, and Administrative Science

Bounded Rationality, Satisficing, Artificial Intelligence, and Decision‐Making in Public Organizations: The Contributions of Herbert Simon

“…Moreover, when PAR selected its half-century's "Great Books" in public administration for its own 50th anniversary, Administrative Behavior was selected as the overwhelming winner by a panel of 20 experts (Sherwood 1990). The recent resurgence in interest in the behavioral sciences in public administration has reintroduced the book to a new audience (Battaglio and Hall 2019).…”

Meet all changes with constancy: The dynamic adaptation process of county governments in China

“…Within the organization, institutional elements such as organizational structure, process, and procedure exist before the problem, or task shock, appears (Simon, 1997). At the institutional environment level, the organizational‐institutional structure will affect the distribution of power, the learning process, the incentive structure, and the institutional toolkits, thereby affecting the organizational decision‐making and adaptation process and capacity (Battaglio & Hall, 2019). The organization‐institution constituted by internal rules and institutional environments can channel, create, and manage turbulence (Ansell, Levi‐Faur, & Trondal, 2017; Trondal, 2022).…”

Global Reflection, Conceptual Exploration, and Evidentiary Assimilation: COVID‐19 Viewpoint Symposium Introduction

“…How should managers balance urgency with accountability? Urgency increases complexity and uncertainty, which is a recipe for decreased rational analysis (Battaglio and Hall 2019a). As System I thinking dominates rapid‐fire, gut‐driven, managerial decisions to the exclusion of deliberate rational thinking characterized by System II, the potential for bias to influence outcomes will increase.…”