The Technological Dimension of Decision Making
The Case of the Aswan High Dam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6412581 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert W Rycroft (University of Denver), Joseph S Szyliowicz (0000-0001-6120-6000, University of Denver) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 36-61 |
| Publication date | 1980-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2010254 |
| OpenAlex | W2123785027 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
This study examines the role of technological variables in the decisions by Egypt, the World Bank, and the United States regarding the selection and financing of the Aswan High Dam project. Three major decision-making models-rational choice, incremental, and organizational process-are assessed according to their appropriateness for and applicability to the “technological dimension.” This dimension is defined in terms of three major components-design, impact, and management issues. Despite a tendency of the literature to associate the rational-choice model with highly technical decisions, this study illustrates the dominance of “satisficing,” “muddling through,” and “bounded rationality” behavior for each of the major participants. The technological dimension is found to be important, but clearly secondary to the primacy of politics
Bounded rationality · Dimension (graph theory · Dominance (genetics · Economics · Microeconomics · Political science · Rationality · Satisficing · Selection (genetic algorithm · Computer Science · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · International Development and Aid · Mathematics · Natural Resources and Economic Development
The Study of Policy Formation
Controversy, politics of technical decisions
The intelligence of democracy
A Strategy of Decision
A behavioral theory of the firm
Essence of Decision
Technology as a Social and Political Phenomenon
Science, Technology and Society
Technology, World Politics and American Policy
The International Bank in Political Perspective
"The Science of "Muddling Through
Muddling Through-"Science" or Inertia
Rationality & Political Science
Hydropolitics of the Nile Valley
The Aswan Decision in Perspective
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2019 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |