Bounded Disciplines and Unbounded Problems cements BaruchFischhoff's legacy as a public intellectual. For 40 years he has walked the talk by immersing himself in the practical application of decision science to pressing societal concerns. Simultaneously, he has talked the walk through groundbreaking research and communication efforts, culminating in the 2023Clarendon Lectures. In this volume he has written the book on how to confront the wicked problems of our time. It belongs on the shelf of every organizational scholar interested in the nexus of science, policy, and societal well-being.

Alan D. Meyer, Administrative Sciences Quarterly

People often face complex, novel, fateful, and wildly unbounded problems throughout their lives. In their work, disciplinary scientists hone their wisdom on the complexities of necessarily bounded problems. Bounded Disciplines and Unbounded Problems offers a vision for schools of management science to bring these worlds together, by doing more of what they do best, co-creating solutions in ways that serve the world and the disciplines. Disciplinary wisdom is illustrated with studies eliciting beliefs and preferences. Collaboration is illustrated with a wide variety of applications, including climate, energy, health, security, technology, and natural disasters. The proposed strategy, for bonding bounded disciplines, offers a realistic path forward, at a time when the value of academia is sometimes questioned by the public, students, and even some of its members.
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Bounded Disciplines and Unbounded Problems offers a vision for schools of management science, co-creating solutions in ways that serve the world and the disciplines.
1: Bounding Complexity: The Wisdom of Conscious Blinders 2: Sciences (in)Action: A Success and a Failure in Confronting Complexity 3: Decision Science: Boundedly Rational Study of Rationality 4: Questions of Competence: Disciplined Empathy 5: Slow Science (Beliefs) 6: Slow Science (Preferences) 7: A Strategy for Bonding Bounded Disciplines 8: A Vision for Management Science 9: Change (in)Action 10: Management Science as a Bonding Discipline
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Baruch Fischhoff is Howard Heinz University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he has been since 1987. He has also held positions at Decision Research (Eugene, Oregon) and the Medical Research Council Applied Psychology Unit (Cambridge). He is an elected member of the (US) National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine, and he has been an advisor to many governmental and non-governmental organizations.
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Offers a vision for a scientific enterprise that advances by serving society Analyzes the common claim that people are incompetent decision makers Dissects the details of designing behavioral research studies, in easily accessible terms Based on the Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies hosted by Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
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ISBN
9780198893905
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
444 gr
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
164 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
192

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Biografisk notat

Baruch Fischhoff is Howard Heinz University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he has been since 1987. He has also held positions at Decision Research (Eugene, Oregon) and the Medical Research Council Applied Psychology Unit (Cambridge). He is an elected member of the (US) National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine, and he has been an advisor to many governmental and non-governmental organizations.