Source of complexity in the social and managerial sciences: an extended Sen's theorem

Many disciplines, including the social, behavioral, and management sciences, search for appropriate aggregated outcomes—a search that can be frustrated by complexities and inefficiencies. As shown here, explanations for these difficulties can be found in social choice. Indeed, it is shown why some o...

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Published inSocial choice and welfare Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 609 - 620
Main Author Saari, Donald G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Science + Business Media 01.10.2011
Springer-Verlag
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Aggregate analysis
Aggregation
Choices
Conditional sales
Decision theory
Decisions
Division of Labor
Division of labour
Economic theory
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods
Economics
Economics and Finance
Engineering
Experts
Game Theory
Graphic design
Industrial design
International Political Economy
Management
Management science
Management Styles
Manufacturing industries
Mathematical theorems
Path dependence
Physics
Propositions
Public Finance
Sen, Amartya
Social and Behav. Sciences
Social behaviour
Social Choice
Social Policy
Social sciences
Studies
Theorems
Voters
Social Choice Function
Compatibility Condition
Decisive Agent
Social Choice
Compatibility Constraint
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Summary:Many disciplines, including the social, behavioral, and management sciences, search for appropriate aggregated outcomes—a search that can be frustrated by complexities and inefficiencies. As shown here, explanations for these difficulties can be found in social choice. Indeed, it is shown why some of these problems are direct consequences of adopted approaches (e.g., management style, choice of a division of labor, or even the use of expertise and experts), and they cannot be avoided. These results are motivated by Sen's Theorem from decision theory.
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ISSN:0176-1714
1432-217X
DOI:10.1007/s00355-011-0579-5