Herbert Simon: bounded rationality y teoría de las organizaciones

Estrada, Fernando (2012): Herbert Simon: bounded rationality y teoría de las organizaciones.

Abstract

This article evaluates Herbert A. Simon’s contribution to organization theory, placing special emphasis on the criterion of bounded rationality. Simon’s criticism of the orthodox version of organizational bureaucracy is interpreted and his analysis is extended to institutional economics. One of Simon’s main achievements in organizational theory consisted of analytically evaluating the psychology of individual and collective behaviour, thereby opening up the way for future investigation by D. Kahneman and T. Schelling.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Herbert Simon: bounded rationality and organizations theory
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Herbert Simon, Bounded rationality, Organizaciones, Racionalidad Limitada, Teoría de las Decisiones, Economía Institucional
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D23 - Organizational Behavior ; Transaction Costs ; Property Rights; D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D73 - Bureaucracy ; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations ; Corruption; D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D86 - Economics of Contract: Theory; D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B5 - Current Heterodox Approaches > B52 - Institutional ; Evolutionary; D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D20 - General; D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D80 - General; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B4 - Economic Methodology > B41 - Economic Methodology

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