In Lecture 3, you will learn the garbage-can theory – a new to understand decision in the organization. According to this theory, the decisions are made randomly in an irrational way in the organization. The problems and solutions sometimes meet in the garbage can. The lecture also emphasizes that conflicts are inevitable. The political frame from Bolman and Deal' s book helps us to discover the opportunities and energy hidden in the conflicts.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: none.

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture HERE.

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report

Assignment after the lecture: Read the article Cohen, March & Olsen. Garbage-Can Model of Organizational Choice. Administrative Science Quarterly 1972