Decision-Making

Research Case: Why Organizations Remain Stable Not Through Arbitrary Rule but Through a Deliberative System of Cognitive Correction

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A Self-Correcting Structure of Governance in Zhenguan Zhengyao 1. Question Why do organizations remain stable not through arbitrary rule, but through a deliberative system of cognitive correction? 2. Abstract In organizations, it is often said that the ideal leader is one who judges everything, decides everything, and directs everything alone. However, all human beings make … Read more

Research Case: At What Point Is Decision-Critical Information Blocked in an Organization, and When Does It Become Irreversible?

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1. Question At what point is the information needed for decision-making blocked in an organization, and at what moment does that process become irreversible? 2. Abstract In any organization, the governing body—management in a company, or what this theory calls the OS—needs not only external information but also internal information in order to make sound … Read more

Research Case: Why Explain Organizational Theory Through IT Architecture?

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A Method for Translating Zhenguan Zhengyao into Modern Organizational Theory 1. Question What kind of abstraction is necessary to translate Zhenguan Zhengyao, a classic of Eastern statecraft, into modern organizational theory? 2. Research Abstract Zhenguan Zhengyao is a record of the words and actions of Emperor Taizong of Tang (Li Shimin), the second emperor of … Read more