In Search of Rationality: The Purposes Behind the Use of Formal Analysis in OrganizationsAnn Langley1989-12-01articleAdministrative Science Quarterly187 citationsclosedNo readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.Management Theory and PracticeManagement and Organizational StudiesComplex Systems and Decision MakingAbstractNo abstract was published for this record.Citations in this libraryStored only when both papers are in the corpus — 187 citations exist upstream.Cited by1996Facilitators of organizational innovation: The role of life-cycle stage1994A PROCESS STUDY OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN SMALLER MANUFACTURING FIRMS*2011Field Research Practice in Management and Organization Studies: Reclaiming its Tradition of Discovery1993The Relationship between Procedural Rationality and Political Behavior in Strategic Decision Making2010Decision Theory as Practice: Crafting Rationality in Organizations1995SECTOR‐SPECIFIC PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN CHANGE*2007Committees as strategic practice: The role of strategic conversation in a public administration2008Implementation Activities and Organizational Sensemaking