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
Date
In publication
Volume
19
Issue
2
Pages
79-88
Resource type
Background/Context
Medium
Print
Background/context type
Conceptual
Open access/free-text available
No
Peer reviewed
Yes
ISSN
0033-3352
DOI
Citation
Lindblom, C. E. (1959). The Science of “Muddling Through.” Public Administration Review, 19(2), 79–88. https://doi.org/10.2307/973677
Resource status/form
Published Text
Scholarship genre
Theoretical
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