Learning from samples of one or fewer

March, James G.; Sproull, Lee; Tamuz, Michal

doi:10.1136/qhc.12.6.465

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“…Hayek (1945) notes that "civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them"; evolutionary economics and organizational theory emphasize the contribution of "routines" (March and Simon 1958;Cyert and March 1963;Nelson and Winter 1982); corporate strategy speaks of "capabilities" or "competencies" (Wernerfelt 1984;Prahalad and Hamel 1990;Barney 1991;Kogut and Zander 1992). When procedural information is recognized within economics, it is most frequently modeled as accumulating stocks of knowledge spillovers without processes for logical inference.…”

Section: Two Views Of Information Use: Homo Economicus and Homo Compumentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Simulations also increase favorable conditions for learning about problem structure by lowering the costs of learning and promoting feedback (Conlisk 1996). Better decisions may result from a better sense of complex interrelationships between factors or a sense of the distribution from which outcomes are drawn as opposed to a particular draw sampled from experience (March, Sproull et al 1991;Cohen and Axelrod 2000). Stated formally as a hypothesis, Hypothesis 8: Simulation and modeling help decision makers more accurately identify leverage points within dynamic systems and reduce the cost of exploring alternative courses of action.…”

Section: Hypothesis 7c: Coordinating Information Improves the Efficiementioning

confidence: 99%

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Why Information Should Influence Productivity

Bulkley

Alstyne

2004

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Section: Two Views Of Information Use: Homo Economicus and Homo Compumentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Hypothesis 7c: Coordinating Information Improves the Efficiementioning

confidence: 99%

Why Information Should Influence Productivity

Bulkley

Alstyne

2004

SSRN Journal

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“…They reflect on processes of organizational learning and show the role of single cases (or fragments of a particular history) in the construction of shared interpretations, valid knowledge, and increased organizational performance (March, Sproull, & Tamuz, 1991). These authors also contend that single cases offer organizations valuable mechanisms that help one organize and interpret experience in order to build a shared understanding of it.…”

Section: Disciplining the Transfer Of Knowledge Between Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One is reminded of the essay by March, Sproull and Tamuz (1991) arguing that cases may be used as mechanisms for interpretation and generation of meaning in organizations. They reflect on processes of organizational learning and show the role of single cases (or fragments of a particular history) in the construction of shared interpretations, valid knowledge, and increased organizational performance (March, Sproull, & Tamuz, 1991).…”

Section: Disciplining the Transfer Of Knowledge Between Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Is the Use of a Single-Case Study in Management Research?

2014

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Para que serve um estudo de caso único na pesquisa de gestão? ¿Para qué sierve un estudio de caso único en la investigación de gestión?ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to present a defense of the use of single case studies in management research. The defense is necessary because this type of research has been relegated to a secondary role, or even rejected, by many researchers, who consider it unscientific. Evidence of this low status is the fact that most reputable academic journals in management publish few articles based on single-case studies. In this paper, we examine in detail the objections to the use of such cases in management research. We show the efforts made by some researchers to answer these objections and we show quality criteria for research that are alternatives to the criteria used in the so-called "scientific method." Our analysis suggests that a better understanding -by researchers with different methodological preferences -of the arguments for each particular use of the single-case study as a research method would allow a better dialogue between researchers and benefit management research as a whole. KEYWORDS | Management research, single-case study, research methodology, scientific method, knowledge acquisition. RESUMO RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas | FGV-EAESP

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“…"The reliability of learning of an organization is if it develops common understandings of its experience and makes its interpretation public, stable and shared." (March, Sproull, Tamuz, 1991) …”

Section: Observation Of Exercisesmentioning

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The Role of Simulation Exercises in the Assessment of Robustness and Resilience of Private or Public Organizations

Wybo

Resilience of Cities to Terrorist and Other Threats

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Abstract. This paper deals with the organization of simulation exercises to prepare organizations to face emergencies. The original objective of such simulations is to train people to emergency procedures and devices; we raise the question of training people to face potential crisis situations: are simulations fitted to that objective? Through the observation of a number of exercises organized by private companies and rescue services, we can answer that naïve interpretation of simulation results limits their benefits to the correction of gaps between prescribed and observed actions, without addressing complex organizational behaviour. We introduce a method to organize simulations that gives access to this complexity and to the resilience and robustness capacities of the organization by giving specific roles to observers. This method uses a model of the organization seen as a combination of three levels: structures, relations and meaning.

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Learning from samples of one or fewer

Cited by 201 publications

References 27 publications

Why Information Should Influence Productivity

Why Information Should Influence Productivity

What Is the Use of a Single-Case Study in Management Research?

The Role of Simulation Exercises in the Assessment of Robustness and Resilience of Private or Public Organizations

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