James G. March
American political scientist, sociologist and economist (1928 to 2018); professor at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and Graduate School of Education; co-author with Richard Cyert of A Behavioral Theory of the Firm and of the garbage can model of organizational choice.
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Students of organizations need to explore the implications of efforts to take the humans out of human organizations
Beyond that, I think students of organizations need to explore the implications of contemporary efforts to take the humans out of human organizations.
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Students of organizations need to explore the implications of efforts to take the humans out of human organizations
Beyond that, I think students of organizations need to explore the implications of contemporary efforts to take the humans out of human organizations.
On the evolution of a behavioral theory: an interview with James G. March (Journal of Organization Design, 2017) Said 1 Aug 2017
The deepest problem with novelty is that most novel ideas are bad ones
The deepest problem with novelty is that most novel ideas are bad ones. If you specialize in novel ideas, you specialize in bad ideas, and that’s not a good way to survive.
On the evolution of a behavioral theory: an interview with James G. March (Journal of Organization Design, 2017) Said c. 2013
Ordinary learning from experience makes organizations abandon things after early failure, so good things are dropped too soon
I think the big secret in this is to recognize that normal learning, under samples failure, normal learning makes you abandon things in which you fail before you know much about them. Therefore, you are likely to abandon good things too soon.
On the evolution of a behavioral theory: an interview with James G. March (Journal of Organization Design, 2017) Said c. 2013
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Behavioral theory beats economic theory on justice, because economic theory produces people who are greedy and unconcerned about social welfare
With respect to justice, I would say that the behavioral theory clearly has an advantage. Economic theory generates people who are greedy and unconcerned about social welfare.
On the evolution of a behavioral theory: an interview with James G. March (Journal of Organization Design, 2017) Said c. 2013
People need heroes and the belief that human action makes a difference, and leaders are part of that story
We need heroes. We need to imagine that human actions made a difference. Leaders are part of the classic story by which we come to imagine that.
On the evolution of a behavioral theory: an interview with James G. March (Journal of Organization Design, 2017) Said c. 2013
A leader should be decisive but skeptical, acting firmly without being very sure of acting correctly
The thread that runs through Chinese philosophy that fascinates me is the thread that says the leader should be decisive, but skeptical. They should act firmly, but not be very sure that he’s acting correctly.
On the evolution of a behavioral theory: an interview with James G. March (Journal of Organization Design, 2017) Said c. 2013
In organization studies, the pursuit of relevance makes scholars abandon the pursuit of knowledge too fast
In our field, the pursuit of relevance leads you to abandon, too fast, the pursuit of knowledge and to become a kind of second rate consultant.
On the evolution of a behavioral theory: an interview with James G. March (Journal of Organization Design, 2017) Said c. 2013
Interdisciplinary work requires full qualification in each discipline, so the people who go into it are underqualified
In order to do interdisciplinary work, you have to be a fully qualified person in both or all three or all four disciplines, and that’s not very easy for most people. As a result, the people who go into interdisciplinary work are underqualified for the work.
On the evolution of a behavioral theory: an interview with James G. March (Journal of Organization Design, 2017) Said c. 2013
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