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The Art of Judgment
A Study of Policy Making
Volume:
3
Series:
Rethinking Public Administration
Rethinking Public Administration
Other Titles in:
American Government and Politics
American Government and Politics
November 1995 | 232 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This classic book by Sir Geoffrey Vickers first published 30 years ago speaks to both the student/academic and the practitioner interested in understanding decision-making in organizational settings. As the biographical essay elucidates, Vickers' ideas arose from his rich and multifaceted career as a practitioner. His work provides for the integration of theory and practice that is without parallel anywhere in the literature.
Written in a lively and accessible style The Art of Judgment continues to be a seminal work for scholars seeking to develop an interpretive and critical account of management and organization. This work is a study which transcends both a narrow and scientific view of administrative behaviour and lays the groundwork for a view of management thought and action grounded in the world of human experience.
Henry D Kass
Series Editor's Introduction
Guy B Adams, Bayard L Catron and Scott D N Cook
Foreword to the Centenary Edition of The Art of Judgement
Margaret Blunden
Exercise in the Creation of Form
Kenneth E Boulding
Foreword to the 1983 Edition
Poem
Preface to the Original Edition
Introduction to the Original Edition
PART ONE: POLICY-MAKING AS A MENTAL SKILL
The Regulation of Institutions
Appreciation
Three Case Studies in Appreciation
The Appreciative System
Prediction
Innovation
Valuation
The Limits of the Regulable
PART TWO: POLICY-MAKING AS AN INSTITUTIONAL PROCESS
Institutions as Dynamic Systems
Political Choice and Market Choice
Growth
Accountability
Internal Criteria of Success
PART THREE: POLICY-MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DECISION SITUATION
The Decision Situation
Decision as Learning
The Elusive Issue
The Budgetary Decision
Allocative and Integrative Decisions
The Decision under Protest
PART FOUR: POLICY-MAKING WITHIN THE HUMAN-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM
The Human-Ecological System