James D. Thompson: Buffer

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“Under norms of rationality, organizations seek to anticipate and adapt to environmental changes which cannot be buffered or leveled.”

James D. Thompson

Proposition 2.4
Organizations in Action, 1967

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“When buffering, leveling, and forecasting do not protect their technical cores from environmental fluctuations, organizations under norms of rationality resort to rationing.”

James D. Thompson

Proposition 2.5
Organizations in Action, 1967

“Under norms of rationality, organizations seek to buffer environmental influences by surrounding their technical cores with input and output components.”

James D. Thompson

Source: Organizations in Action, 1967, p. 20; Proposition 2.2