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This classic book by Sir Geoffrey Vickers first published 30 years ago speaks to both the student//academic and the practitioner interested in understanding decision-making in organizational settings. As the biographical essay elucidates, Vickers' ideas arose from his rich and multifaceted career as a practitioner. His work provides for the integration of theory and practice that is without parallel anywhere in the literature.
Written in a lively and accessible style The Art of Judgment continues to be a seminal work for scholars seeking to develop an interpretive and critical account of management and organization. This work is a study which transcends both a narrow and scientific view of administrative behaviour an
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Series Editor's Introduction - Henry D Kass
Foreword to the Centenary Edition of The Art of Judgement - Guy B Adams, Bayard L Catron and Scott D N Cook
Exercise in the Creation of Form - Margaret Blunden
The Life of Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Foreword to the 1983 Edition - Kenneth E Boulding
Poem
Preface to the Original Edition
Introduction to the Original Edition
PART ONE: POLICY-MAKING AS A MENTAL SKILL
The Regulation of Institutions
Appreciation
Three Case Studies in Appreciation
The Appreciative System
Prediction
Innovation
Valuation
The Limits of the Regulable
PART TWO: POLICY-MAKING AS AN INSTITUTIONAL PROCESS
Institutions as Dynamic Systems
Political Choice and Market Choice
Growth
Accountability
Internal Criteria of Success
PART THREE: POLICY-MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DECISION SITUATION
The Decision Situation
Decision as Learning
The Elusive Issue
The Budgetary Decision
Allocative and Integrative Decisions
The Decision under Protest
PART FOUR: POLICY-MAKING WITHIN THE HUMAN-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM
The Human-Ecological System
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The Art of Judgment: A Study of Policy Making (Rethinking Public Administration)
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SAGE Publications, Inc, 1995
ISBN 10: 0803973624
ISBN 13: 9780803973626
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