Recent research in the field of cognitive psychology provides some surprising and important insights for students of administration. This article reviews various leitmotifs of the field and discusses several aspects-among them, perception, schema formation, information processing, and the evolution of the brain which have a direct bearing on administration and organizations. Finally, it explores the implications which these findings have for understanding administrative behavior.
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