BOUNDED RATIONALITY: AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHING MANUALS OF MANAGEMENT GENERAL THEORY

Authors

  • Daniela Teixeira Dias Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS
  • Gustavo Bernardino Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS
  • Jean Carlos da Silva Américo Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS
  • Elcio Gustavo Benini Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2016.v17n2.419

Keywords:

Behavior, Organization, Dimensions

Abstract

The objective of this article was to analyze how the concept of bounded rationality has been treated in the educational manuals of General Theory of Management, with the objective to analyze its quality, in terms of quality and complexity. Therefore, three educational manuals provided by the Central Library of the Alfa Federal University were used: “General Theory of Administration” authored by Motta and Vasconcelos (Manual A); “Introduction to Management” by Chiavenato (Manual B), and “Management: Theory and Processes” by Caravantes, Caravantes, and Kloeckener (Manual C). These were observed from the content analysis in four dimensions defined a priori: delimitation of the approach and quality of the references; historical-concrete dimension; relationship dimension; and theoretical dimension. The results showed that all manuals presented considerations about the bounded rationality assumption and made reference to Simon and Barnard, although they have not discussed their work and their contribution more widely. Manual A was the most complete in the axes analysis herein. Manual B turned to a summarized and synthetic theoretical discussion. Whereas C Manual defined and conceptualized bounded rationality and was the only one to describe the types of rationality presented by Simon.

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Author Biographies

Daniela Teixeira Dias, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS

Bacharel em Economia pela UFMS. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Economia rural; gestão; desenvolvimento e agronegócio.

Gustavo Bernardino, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS

Bacharel em Economia pela UFMS. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Economia, administração, sistema bancário e produção orgânica. 

Jean Carlos da Silva Américo, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS

Bacharel em Economia pela UFMS. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Gestão do Agronegócio.

Elcio Gustavo Benini, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS

Doutor em Educação pela UFMS. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Epistemologia e Teoria Crítica das Organizações.

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Published

2016-08-31

How to Cite

Dias, D. T., Bernardino, G., Américo, J. C. da S., & Benini, E. G. (2016). BOUNDED RATIONALITY: AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHING MANUALS OF MANAGEMENT GENERAL THEORY. Administração: Ensino E Pesquisa, 17(2), 217–244. https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2016.v17n2.419

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2016): Maio-Agosto

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