STRUCTURE OF "UNSTRUCTURED" DECISION PROCESSES

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Published: Jul 1, 1977
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35426/IAv05n26.02

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Herir Mintzberg
Universidad McGill, Montreal
Duru Raisinghani
Secretary to the Government of Canada
André Théoret
University of Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Abstract

A field study of 25 strategic decision processes, along with a review of the related empirical literature, suggests that a basic structure underlies these "unstructured" processes. This structure is described in terms of 12 elements.

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Vol. 5 No. 26 (1977): Journal 26
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Author Biographies

Herir Mintzberg, Universidad McGill, Montreal

Professor of Administrative Policy at the Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal

Duru Raisinghani, Secretary to the Government of Canada

Organizational Analyst in the Planning Division of the Treasury Secretarial Board of the Government of Canada            

André Théoret, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Management at the University of Sherbrooke, in Sherbrooke, Quebec.            

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