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Organisational Decision-Making and Academic Institutions: Increasing Complexity of Processes, Settings and Actors

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  • Dina Korent Silvije Orsag

    (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Varaždin, Croatia University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, Croatia)

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Changes in understanding and interpretation of decision-making processes have shed more light on complex interplay given the different settings, and different actors. The limitations in human decision-making and their significance and long-term implications on organizational management or policy making inspired a large body of evidence and research. Exploration of decision-making processes spans over decades, and is closely connected to the role of power; the amount of power in organizations is usually joined by the knowledge and prior experience, which together play a significant role in decision-making process, as well in selection of candidates for the job. However, there is an evident void concerning publications on decision-making processes in academic institutions, and it rapidly becomes the focus of interest due to a specific opposition contained in its core; positions of high level administrators are held by the university professors with no mandatory previous experience and/or knowledge in organisational management. JEL Classification: G30, G39

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  • Dina Korent Silvije Orsag, 2018. "Organisational Decision-Making and Academic Institutions: Increasing Complexity of Processes, Settings and Actors," Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, vol. 21(1), pages 47-65, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:zag:zirebs:v:21:y:2018:i:1:p:47-65
    DOI: 10.2478/zireb-2018-0007
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    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • G39 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Other

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