Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET December 2015 Political Science
The 'Garbage Can Model' was developed by:
- 1. Michael D. Cohen
- 2. James G. March
- 3. Peter Drucker
- 4. John P. Olsen
A1 & 4
B1, 2 & 4 ✓ Correct
C1, 2 & 3
D2, 3 & 4
Correct answer: (B) 1, 2 & 4 — The Garbage Can Model was developed by Cohen, March and Olsen, so the answer is 1, 2 and 4.
Explanation
★The Garbage Can Model was developed by Cohen, March and Olsen, so the answer is 1, 2 and 4.
★They set it out in the 1972 paper 'A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice'.
★The model describes decision-making in organised anarchies, where goals are unclear and participation shifts.
★It pictures problems, solutions, participants and choice opportunities as separate streams dumped into a can.
★A decision results when these streams happen to meet, not from a tidy rational sequence.
★Peter Drucker is not a developer of this model; he is known for management by objectives and the practice of management.
★Hence the correct set is Cohen, March and Olsen, that is 1, 2 and 4.
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