ORGS 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Homo Economicus, Structural Holes, Centrality
7 May 2016
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How can i get an outcome that serves the interests of me and my group: decisions must be political have to have buy in of those with power to implement/block them. Interests what people want and what"s at stake for them: assumption: people act rationally to serve their own interests (economic man, collective interests those shared by others belonging to same group, groups: Professional/occupational category: stakeholder perspective identifies groups that have a share stake (i. e. set of collective interests, 1. Analyzing what interests are and what priority they have for individuals and collective actors. Multiple interests at same time lt/st, competing, autonomy/cooperation. Therefore, the way decisions are made, they depend mostly on how key decision makers see and assign weight to their interests. These interests are also dynamic they change. Can be latent do not realize they exist until an event happens. To carry out an action, one must understand what interests will be affected by it.
