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The authors cite (Introduction, p. 4) the following sources for the theory of organized anarchies: Cohen, M. D., March, J. G., & Olsen, J. P. A garbage-can model or organizational choice. Administrative Science Quarterly, Ambiguity: The American college president. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975; and March, J. G., & Olsen, J. P. Ambiguity and choice in organizations. Bergen, Norway: University Press, 1976. Webster's new world dictionary. Second college edition, 1970. Decision making in educational organizations. Report of a conference supported by the National Institute of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 8-10, 1975, p. 2 (mimeo). The paper includes valuable "state of the art" summaries of behavioral and normative research on organizational decision making under ambiguity. 5 In addition to the citations in note 1, see also March, J. G., American public school administration: A short analysis. School Review, 1978, 86, pp. 218-250. Some recent studies which draw on the literature of both political and organizational analyses are: Dershimer, op. cit., (note 1); Peterson, P. E. School politics Chicago style. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1976, and Warwick, D. P. A theory of public bureaucracy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975.