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“Administrative” Decision- Making Rationality
Generically, the scope of action and proper behavior associated with a Tradition
limit the manner in which decisions can be made. Herein, technical rationality
refers to the kind that seeks eciency, strategic rationality is the kind that seeks to
win most eectively, formal rationality is the kind that seeks an absolute end, and
communicative rationality is the kind that seeks collaborative agreement.
e decision- making approach that ts the Collaborative Tradition could be
called the collective action of self- governing public enterprise (Ostrom 1989). e
knowledge that informs such a process is complex, with theories drawing fro