THE PROSPECTS OF A UNIFIED THEORY OF ORGANIZATIONS,

Abstract

Despite the success of numerous sporadic efforts in the study of organizations, there is at present no unified theory of organizations. This would require a clear-cut conceptual apparatus and a methodology for prediction. To achieve the former within the foreseeable future it might be wise to tie into the existing terminology of game theory; the latter may require taking a new look at the psychological problems involved and introducing something like an operations research approach to them. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 03, 1957
Accession Number
AD0606359

Entities

People

  • Olaf Helmer

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Game Theory
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Operations Research

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  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Theoretical Analysis.