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subjective, conscious, deliberate, organizational, or personal in nature. us, the
term rational should always be qualied with a preceding adjective.
By calling for the use of dierent forms of rationality, multiple forms of knowl-
edge from varying sources (e.g., technical experts, elected ocials, and citizens) can
be recognized and deemed useful (Schmidt 1993). erefore, rather than assuming
that only one form of rationality exists or is used in administrative decision mak-
ing, allowance is made for dierent approaches for dierent Traditions. is open-
ness includes several forms of rationality that should be clearly dened.
According to sociologist Max Weber (1994e), meaningful social action is ...