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Ernest R. Alexander
Researcher at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Publications - 36
Citations - 1110
Ernest R. Alexander is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rational planning model & Land-use planning. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 32 publications receiving 981 citations.
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Institutional Transformation and Planning: From Institutionalization Theory to Institutional Design:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the institutional-agent interactions that are the media and tools of institutional design, and review some of the knowledge base for institutional design practice under the headings of governance, coordination, and agency.
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Rationality Revisited: Planning Paradigms in a Post-Postmodernist Perspective
TL;DR: The historical association between planning and rationality is unquestioned, but postmodernist critiques have raised doubts about the future of rational planning as discussed by the authors, and the question of what kinds of planning and rational particular cases, situations, or contexts demand.
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The Public Interest in Planning: From Legitimation to Substantive Plan Evaluation
TL;DR: In this article, a threshold criterion for normative application of a substantive public interest concept in planning practice is proposed for use in appropriate cases of plan evaluation, based on the ontological debate on the public interest concludes that the problem defeating any substantive public-interest application is complexity.
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Interorganizational Coordination: Theory and Practice
TL;DR: In this article, a set of coordination structures is proposed: informal networks, interorganizational groups, coordinators, coordinating units, non-administered programs, lead organizations, and single organizations.
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Design in the decision-making process
TL;DR: A pilot study of alternatives' design in organizations suggests that already in the design stage choice focuses on a few alternatives, highlighting the importance of design in affecting the quality of outcomes as mentioned in this paper.