The Functioning of Management at the Corporate Level

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Based on: Petit Thomas A. , “A Behavioral Theory of Management”. Academy of Management Journal, Washington, p. 349. “Judgmental”, “compromise” and “computational” are terms first used by Thompson James D. ; cf. Thompson James D. , “Decision Making, the Firm and the Market”, in: Cooper William H. , Leavitt Harold J. and Shelly Maynard W. (eds.), New Perspectives in Organization Research, New York, London, Sydney, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1964, p. 604, pp.334–348, p. 336.

Parsons Talcott , Structure and Process in Modern Societies, New York, The Free Press of Glencoe, 1960, pp.60–96.

Professor Chandler's recent book has brought new historical evidence to our views on the role of middle management in corporate adaption to change. Cf. Chandler Alfred D. Jr. , The Visible Hand, The Managerial Revolution in American Business, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England, 1977, pp. xvi + 608.

The concepts “certainty”, “uncertainty” and “ignorance” were defined first by Russell Ackoff; Cf. Ackoff Russell L , A Concept of Corporate Planning, New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, Wiley-Interscience, 1970, p. 158, pp. 16 and 17.