Employing Adaptive Structuring as a Cognitive Decision Aid in High Reliability Organizations

Authors

• Karlene H. Roberts, University of California - Berkeley
• Kuo Frank Yu, City University of Hong Kong
• Vinit M. Desai, University of Colorado, Denver
• Peter Madsen, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow

Keywords

decision making, organization, adaptive structures, cognitive decision, high-reliability organizations

Abstract

The article begins by discussing processes contributing to high and low reliability decision making. It then discusses three cases, covering similar processes used in the three situations and notes what managers can take from this. Finally, the article argues for research that does not concentrate on a single organization but examines interactions among geographically distributed units addressing the same problem.

Original Publication Citation

"Employing Adaptive Structuring as a Cognitive Decision Aid in High Reliability Organizations", The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Decision Making, Oxford University Press, London, Gerard P. Hodgkinson and William H. Starbuck, 2008

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Roberts, Karlene H.; Yu, Kuo Frank; Desai, Vinit M.; and Madsen, Peter, "Employing Adaptive Structuring as a Cognitive Decision Aid in High Reliability Organizations" (2008). Faculty Publications. 9834.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/9834

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2008

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Marketing

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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