TY - JOUR AU1 - Brunsson, Nils AB - ABSTRACT Irrationality is a basic feature of organizational behaviour. Organizational decision making tends to be irrational, and organizational ideologies bias organizationsā€™perceptions. Much effort has been spent on prescribing how organizations should achieve more rationality. However, rational decision making affords a bad basis for action. Some irrationalities are necessary requirements for organizational actions. Choices are facilitated by narrow and clear organizational ideologies, and actions are facilitated by irrational decisionā€making procedures which maximize motivation and commitment. TI - THE IRRATIONALITY OF ACTION AND ACTION RATIONALITY: DECISIONS, IDEOLOGIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIONS JF - Journal of Management Studies DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1982.tb00058.x DA - 1982-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/the-irrationality-of-action-and-action-rationality-decisions-J5wFd00Tmd SP - 29 VL - 19 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -