Frontmatter i
Preface vii
Contents xi
CHAPTER 1. Organization and the Procedural Perspective 1
CHAPTER 2. Decision Occurrences 11
CHAPTER 3. On the Anatomy of Decisions 26
CHAPTER 4. Economics of Inertia 35
CHAPTER 5. Productivity: The Hidden Prisoner’s Dilemma Analysis 43
CHAPTER 6. Conventions, Coordination, and Decisions 60
CHAPTER 7. Conventions as a Solution to the Intrafirm Prisoner's Dilemma Problem 77
CHAPTER 8. Intrafirm Effort Decisions: Monitoring and Sanctions 98
CHAPTER 9. Equilibrium, Entrepreneur ship, and Inertia 116
CHAPTER 10. An Implications Sampler 127
CHAPTER 11. The Power of Hierarchy 135
CHAPTER 12. Specialization, Hierarchy, and Internal Inefficiency 150
CHAPTER 13. On Japanese Ethos, Culture, and Management 177
CHAPTER 14. Japanese and Western Management Systems: The Contrasts 199
CHAPTER 15. Putting It All Together 220
APPENDIX. Language, Choice, and Nonoptimization 245
References 263
Index 269

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Frontmatter i
Preface vii
Contents xi
CHAPTER 1. Organization and the Procedural Perspective 1
CHAPTER 2. Decision Occurrences 11
CHAPTER 3. On the Anatomy of Decisions 26
CHAPTER 4. Economics of Inertia 35
CHAPTER 5. Productivity: The Hidden Prisoner’s Dilemma Analysis 43
CHAPTER 6. Conventions, Coordination, and Decisions 60
CHAPTER 7. Conventions as a Solution to the Intrafirm Prisoner's Dilemma Problem 77
CHAPTER 8. Intrafirm Effort Decisions: Monitoring and Sanctions 98
CHAPTER 9. Equilibrium, Entrepreneur ship, and Inertia 116
CHAPTER 10. An Implications Sampler 127
CHAPTER 11. The Power of Hierarchy 135
CHAPTER 12. Specialization, Hierarchy, and Internal Inefficiency 150
CHAPTER 13. On Japanese Ethos, Culture, and Management 177
CHAPTER 14. Japanese and Western Management Systems: The Contrasts 199
CHAPTER 15. Putting It All Together 220
APPENDIX. Language, Choice, and Nonoptimization 245
References 263
Index 269

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