The Greta system: organizational politics introduced to the garbage can

A decision-making model, in the tradition of the 'garbage can' and its vari ants, is introduced. The model also draws heavily on concepts drawn from re search into the power-political model of organizational decision making. In particular, the critical dependencies at the core of the power-political m odel drive an organizational communications network. This network, in turn, is the principal determinant of the outcomes of political activity. The ob jective is to extend previous explications of the garbage can by putting so me real substance into the problems, decision alternatives and actions faci ng problem solvers. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.