Excerpt from Network Position and Cognition: January 1983A central issue in administrative theory is the relationship between organization and individual cognition (simon, 1976, p. Cognitive processes shape decisions (newell and Simon, 1972; Neisser, Decision situations vary, however, in their degree of structure; and ill - structured problems evoke cognitive processes that are different from problems that are well-structured (ungson, Braunstein and Hall, The present study focuses on the organizational determinants of cognition in an ill - unstructured decision situation, that of judging how product goals are accomplished in a computer software firm.Accomplishing software product goals is not a well-known process both because software is a complex product in its design and interface with users and because software firms face substantial uncertainty with regard to product success. The market for software products is both highly segmented and growing rapidly (goetz, and the state of the art in software development is changing as new attempts are made to increase both its flexibility and efficiency (van Tassel, 1978; Spier, 1975; Lecht, As problems common to an industry become more ill - structured, not only should different judgments about their solution appear across firms but within firms member judgments may vary substantially.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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