Unbounding the Managerial Mind: It’s Time to Abandon the Image of Managers as “Small Brains”

Unbounding the Managerial Mind: It’s Time to Abandon the Image of Managers as “Small Brains”

Management theory has been heavily influenced by Simon’s concept of bounded rationality, so much so that bounded rationality has become a first principle in many modern theories of management and organization. But this influence has come at a price. It has devolved into a view of managers as “small...

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Main Authors: PORAC, Joseph, TSCHANG, Feichin Ted
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
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bounded rationality
cognition
Human Resources Management
Strategic Management Policy
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3424
https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492613476223
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-44232013-02-05T09:48:06Z Unbounding the Managerial Mind: It’s Time to Abandon the Image of Managers as “Small Brains” PORAC, Joseph TSCHANG, Feichin Ted Management theory has been heavily influenced by Simon’s concept of bounded rationality, so much so that bounded rationality has become a first principle in many modern theories of management and organization. But this influence has come at a price. It has devolved into a view of managers as “small brains” myopically trapped in local environments. We take issue with small-brained management theory, and argue that the time is ripe to refashion the microfoundations of managerial cognition into a “big-brained” alternative. 2013-04-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3424 info:doi/10.1177/1056492613476223 https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492613476223 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University bounded rationality cognition Human Resources Management Strategic Management Policy
institution Singapore Management University
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topic bounded rationality
cognition
Human Resources Management
Strategic Management Policy
spellingShingle bounded rationality
cognition
Human Resources Management
Strategic Management Policy
PORAC, Joseph
TSCHANG, Feichin Ted
Unbounding the Managerial Mind: It’s Time to Abandon the Image of Managers as “Small Brains”
description Management theory has been heavily influenced by Simon’s concept of bounded rationality, so much so that bounded rationality has become a first principle in many modern theories of management and organization. But this influence has come at a price. It has devolved into a view of managers as “small brains” myopically trapped in local environments. We take issue with small-brained management theory, and argue that the time is ripe to refashion the microfoundations of managerial cognition into a “big-brained” alternative.
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author PORAC, Joseph
TSCHANG, Feichin Ted
author_facet PORAC, Joseph
TSCHANG, Feichin Ted
author_sort PORAC, Joseph
title Unbounding the Managerial Mind: It’s Time to Abandon the Image of Managers as “Small Brains”
title_short Unbounding the Managerial Mind: It’s Time to Abandon the Image of Managers as “Small Brains”
title_full Unbounding the Managerial Mind: It’s Time to Abandon the Image of Managers as “Small Brains”
title_fullStr Unbounding the Managerial Mind: It’s Time to Abandon the Image of Managers as “Small Brains”
title_full_unstemmed Unbounding the Managerial Mind: It’s Time to Abandon the Image of Managers as “Small Brains”
title_sort unbounding the managerial mind: it’s time to abandon the image of managers as “small brains”
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2013
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3424
https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492613476223
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