James G. March (* 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an US-American organization theoretician and professor Emeritus OF management, Higher Education, Political Science and Sociology of the Stanford University of, California.

He was last a professor Of management to the Stanford University Graduate School OF Business. It occurred 1970 of this university, where it taught until 1995.

It is considered as a classical author of the organization research and is one of the outstanding representatives of the behavior-scientific decision theory (behavioral theory OF the firm). In its works it was concerned mainly with decision practice in organizations. It received large attention by its criticism at prevailing thinking principles like the theory of the best choice.

It developed that so-called garbage pail model of the organization. Therefore decision-making processes depend on 4 factors:

• 1. Solutions
• 2. Problems
• 3. Decision opportunities
• 4. Participant

Literature (selection)

• Ambiguity and choice in organizations, Univ. - Forlaget, mountains, Norway 1987, ISBN 82-00-01960-8
• Behavioral theory OF the firm, Blackwell, Malden, measure. 1993, ISBN 0-631-17451-6
• Decisions and organizations, Blackwell, Oxford 1988, ISBN 0-631-15812-X
• Democratic governance, Free press, New York 1995, ISBN 0-02-874054-8
• The Dynamics OF Rules. CHANGE in written organizatorial codes, SUP, Stanford, Calif. 2000, ISBN 0-8047-3996-X
• Organizations, Blackwell, Malden, measure. 1993, ISBN 0-631-18631-X
• A primer on decision making. How decisions happen, Free press, New York 1994, ISBN 0-02-920035-0
• The Pursuit OF Organizational Intelligence, Blackwell, Malden, measure. 1999, ISBN 0-631-21101-2
• Rediscovering institution. The organizational basis OF politics, Free press, New York 1989, ISBN 0-02-920115-2

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