Disjointed incrementalism and 1990

1985 ◽  
Vol 37 (11/12) ◽  
pp. 421-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blaise Cronin
Keyword(s):  
Disjointed Incrementalism

Explaining the Variable Utility of Disjointed Incrementalism: Four Propositions

1980 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Lustick
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Organization Theory ◽  
Organizational Design ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Decision Strategies ◽  
Political Sphere ◽  
Relative Utility ◽  
Disjointed Incrementalism ◽  
Task Environments

Much of mainstream organization theory has been concerned with the implications for organizational design and policy process of high levels of uncertainty or complexity in task environments. Decentralization, disjointed incrementalist decision strategies, and quasi-market coordinative mechanisms have been advanced as rational responses to the complexity of most problems in the socio-political sphere. This article presents and illustrates four conditions which reduce the relative utility of this approach as a means of coping with uncertainty. The propositions are shown to be implicit in the logic of “muddling through,” and are used to help explain/predict the evolution of relatively centralized and planned organizations in certain types of complex task environments.

scholarly journals Småstegs søkeprosesser: hvordan "disjointed incrementalism" kan benyttes for å forstå informasjonssøkeatferd

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Nils Pharo
Keyword(s):  
Disjointed Incrementalism

Artikkelen presenterer Braybrooke og Lindbloms teori om ”disjointed incrementalism” som kjennetegn for beslutningsfatning og det påvises hvordan denne kan appliseres på informasjonssøkeatferd. I artikkelen presenteres også tesen om at det eksisterer to paradigmer innen informasjonssøk, det strukturerte paradigmet utøvet av bibliotekarer og informasjonsspesialister og webparadigmet utøvet av legmenn.

"Disjointed Incrementalism"

Science ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 149 (3689) ◽  
pp. 1173-1174
Author(s):  
Joseph D. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Disjointed Incrementalism

Towards a Three-Dimensional Model of Planning Behaviour

1971 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Faludi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Complex Model ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Planning Systems ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Disjointed Incrementalism ◽  
Planning Problems

This paper develops conceptual tools for the analysis of planning behaviour. These are, firstly, a model of planning systems as learning systems, and then three dimensions of planning behaviour, each described by defining a pair of dichotomous concepts at their far ends: ‘blueprint’ versus ‘process’ modes of planning; ‘rational-deductive’ decision-making versus ‘disjointed incrementalism’; ‘normative’ versus ‘functional’ planning. Each of these concepts is discussed in detail, and some indicators for the analysis of planning behaviour are suggested. Finally, a more complex model is constructed which combines the three dimensions. Elements of this model are firstly the level at which planning is conducted within a hierarchy of planning systems, and secondly, the ‘planning sub-structurel, that is the technology-image reflecting the nature of planning problems and available planning technologies. From this model one can derive a number of researchable hypotheses about planning behaviour.

Turbulent fields and the theory of regional integration

1976 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst B. Haas
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
Customs Union ◽  
Conflicts Of Interests ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Regional Institutions ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
History Of ◽  
Disjointed Incrementalism ◽  
Industrial Societies ◽  
Institutional Pattern

Theories of regional integration are becoming obsolescent because three core assumptions on which these theories have been based are becoming less and less relevant to the behavior patterns actually displayed by governments active in regional organizations. These three assumptions are (1) that a definable institutional pattern must mark the outcome of the process of integration, (2) that conflicts of interests involving trade-offs between ties with regional partners and ties with nonmembers should be resolved in favor of regional partners, and (3) that decisions be made on the basis of disjointed incrementalism. The history of the European Communities since 1968 shows that most governments no longer behave in accordance with these assumptions, although they did earlier. The explanation for the new trend is to be found in awareness of the various novel kinds and dimensions of interdependence between countries, issues, and objectives, particularly with reference to policies involving those aspects of highly industrial societies which do not respond readily to the incentives of a customs union. A new decision-making rationality–labelled “fragmented issue linkage”–seems to be competing with incremental habits, suggesting that efforts are being made to cope with “turbulence” in the industrial environment so as to avoid piecemeal solutions. The effort to cope with turbulence, in turn, is unlikely to lead to any “final” set of regional institutions.

Disjointed Incrementalism Blues

1980 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 145-148
Author(s):  
Christopher Findlay
Keyword(s):  
Disjointed Incrementalism

The College Curriculum Information System: A Strategy for Planned Changing

1980 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-76
Author(s):  
John McBrayer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information System ◽  
Curricular Change ◽  
College Curriculum ◽  
System A ◽  
Higher Education Change ◽  
Change In Higher Education ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Systemic Development ◽  
Disjointed Incrementalism

There is a continual need for curricular change in higher education. In America's pluralistic society, rapidly accumulating knowledge and changing conditions create new trends, opportunities, needs and problems. Our pluralistic society's survival literally depends on the ability of institutions of higher education to educate and train individuals to deal with these new challenges. Correspondingly, the survival of each college or university ultimately depends on its continual demonstration of its relevant societal responsiveness. The chief vehicle for responsiveness to new challenges in higher education is a curriculum binded in traditional disjointed incrementalism and bound in ivory tower emulations. Management of curricular change in higher education is difficult, but possible through systemic development strategies. This paper presents an approach to planned curricular change in higher education. Change is operationally defined here as “purposive intervention into articulated congeries of dynamic university systems, in order to achieve appropriate outcomes….” The “purposive intervention” is founded on the development of a Curriculum Information System.

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