Public Policy Making · Indian Polity

The 'Garbage Can Model' of organizational decision-making is characterized by which of the following?

  1. Highly structured and logical progression of steps
  2. Decisions emerging from an organized anarchy of problems and solutions
  3. Strict adherence to cost-benefit analysis
  4. Total control by a single elite leader
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Correct answer: Decisions emerging from an organized anarchy of problems and solutions

The Garbage Can Model suggests that in many organizations, solutions, problems, and participants drift in and out. Decisions happen when a 'choice opportunity' arises and these elements happen to connect, rather than through linear planning.

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