01646pab a2200193 454500008004000000100001900040245006700059260000900126300001400135362001200149520106000161650002001221650002601241700002101267773003301288909001001321999001701331952010401348180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBozeman, Barry  aPublic management decision making: effects of decision content  c2004  ap.553-65.  aSep-Oct  aOne obvious aspect of public management decisions and decision making has largely escaped attention-decision content. We examine the effects of decision content by asking the following questions for budget cutback and information technology decisions: How does content affect the time required for decision making? How does content affect who participates? How does content affect the decision criteria employed? How does content affect the information quality used in the decision-making process and red tape? The results suggest that information technology and budget cutback decisions differ in important ways. For information technology decisions, cost-effectiveness is not a significant criterion, average decision time is much longer, and decisions are generally viewed as permanent and stable. For cutback decisions, cost effectiveness is a significant criterion, decisions are made much more quickly, and they are viewed as unstable and changeable. Surprisingly, decision content does not appear to affect the number of participants. - Reproduced.  aDecision making  aPublic administration  aPandey Sanjay K.  aPublic Administration Review  a62670  c62670d62670  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 64, Issue no: 5pAR63120r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR