• AA BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
• AB COMPUTER SCIENCE
• AC DECISION THEORY
• AD INFORMATION THEORY
• AE ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY
• AF MANAGEMENT THEORY
• AG LANGUAGE THEORIES
• AH SYSTEMS THEORY
• AI RESEARCH
• AJ SOCIAL SCIENCE
• AK MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
• AL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• AM ECONOMIC THEORY
• AN ERGONOMICS
• AO POLITICAL SCIENCE
• AP PSYCHOLOGY

• AA BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

UF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

• AA01 BEHAVIOR

UF HUMAN BEHAVIOR

• AA0101 Cognitive dissonance theory
• AA0102 Theory of reasoned action
• AA02 HUMAN FACTORS

UF BEHAVIORAL FACTORS

• AA03 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

UF INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS

• AA0301 Cognitive style
• AA0302 Locus of control
• AA0303 Personality
• AA04 HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING
• AA0401 Information recall
• AA05 ATTITUDES
• AA0501 Attribution theory
• AA0502 Equity theory
• AA06 LEARNING MODELS
• AA07 MOTIVATION
• AA0701 Expectancy theory
• AA08 SATISFACTION
• AA0801 Job satisfaction
• AA09 GROUPS
• AA0901 Anonimity
• AA0902 Facilitation
• AA0903 Group processes
• AA10 CONFLICT RESOLUTION
• AA11 CHANGE THEORY
• AA1101 Change
• AA1102 Resistance to change
• AA12 ROLE THEORY
• AA1201 Role preferences
• AA1202 Role conflict
• AA1203 Role ambiguity

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• AB COMPUTER SCIENCE

USE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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• AC DECISION THEORY

UF DECISION SCIENCES

• AC01 DECISION
• AC02 DECISION MODELS
• AC03 PROBLEM SOLVING
• AC0301 Problem-solving behavior
• AC0302 Interactive problem solving
• ACO303 Knowledge utilization
• AC0304 Problem diagnosis
• AC0305 Problem representation
• AC04 DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES

UF DECISION MAKING

UF DECISION PROCESSES

• AC0401 Individual decision making
• AC0402 Group decision making
• AC0403 Organizational decision making
• AC0404 Management decision making
• AC0405 Participative decision making
• AC0406 Decision making under risk and uncertainty
• AC0406.01 Probability assessment
• AC05 DECISION MAKERS
• AC0501 Decision-making style
• AC06 DECISION RULES
• AC0601 Linear decision rules
• AC0602 Heuristic decision rules
• AC07 COGNITIVE SCIENCE
• AC08 DECISION AIDS

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• AD INFORMATION THEORY
• AD01 INFORMATION
• AD0101 Strategic information
• AD0102 Information in organizations
• AD02 INFORMATION ECONOMICS
• AD03 INFORMATION PRESENTATION
• AD04 INFORMATION CHANNELS
• AD05 INFORMATION ATTRIBUTES

UF INFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS

UF INFORMATION QUALITY

• AD0501 Currency of information
• AD0502 Frequency of use
• AD0503 Level of aggregation
• AD0504 Relevance of information
• AD0505 Source of information
• AD0506 Information scope
• AD0507 Timeliness of information
• AD0508 Information structure
• AD0509 Age of information
• AD0510 Reliability of information
• AD0511 Accuracy of information
• AD0512 Utility of information
• AD0513 Adequacy of information
• AD0514 Data integrity
• AD0515 Quantity of information
• AD0516 Recency of information
• AD0517 Value of information
• AD0517.01 Strategic value
• AD0518 Information richness
• AD06 INFORMATION PROCESSING

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• AE ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY

USE ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

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• AF MANAGEMENT THEORY
• AF01 MANAGEMENT
• AF0101 TQM

UF Total quality management

• AF02 LEADERSHIP
• AF03 MANAGEMENT STYLE
• AF04 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
• AF0401 Planning
• AF0401.01 Strategic planning
• AF0401.02 Corporate strategy
• AF0401.03 Planning horizon
• AF0401.04 Contingency planning
• AFO402 Organizing
• AF0403 Staffing

UF Personnel management

UF Human resource management

• AF0404 Control
• AF0404.01 Standards
• AF0404.02 Managerial control
• AF0404.03 Operational control
• AF0404.04 Internal control
• AF0404.05 Procedures
• AF0405 Evaluation
• AF0405.01 Corporate performance
• AF0406 Strategic scanning
• AF0407 Forecasting
• AF0408 Budgeting
• AF0409 Resource allocation
• AF0410 Priority setting
• AF0411 Environmental scanning
• AF0412 Environmental analysis
• AF05 SUPERVISION CONCEPTS
• AF06 AUTHORITY
• AF07 MANAGEMENT LEVEL
• AF0701 Strategic planning level
• AF0702 Tactical level

UF Managerial control level

• AF0703 Operational control level
• AF08 MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
• AF0801 Delphi technique
• AF0802 Brainstorming
• AF09 MANAGEMENT ROLES
• AF10 CHANGE MANAGEMENT
• AF11 OFFICE MANAGEMENT
• AF12 MANAGEMENT POLICIES
• AF13 MANAGEMENT ISSUES
• AF1301 Globalization
• AF1302 Pricing
• AF1302.01 Transfer pricing
• AF1303 Strategic alliances

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• AG LANGUAGE THEORIES
• AG01 LANGUAGE
• AG02 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
• AG03 LANGUAGE GENERATION
• AG04 LANGUAGE TRANSLATION
• AG0401 Parsing

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• AH SYSTEMS THEORY
• AH01 SYSTEM
• AH02 CYBERNETICS
• AH03 INPUT/OUTPUT MODELS
• AH04 SYSTEMS EVOLUTION
• AH0401 Systems entropy
• AH05 SYSTEMS APPROACH
• AH06 TYPES OF SYSTEMS
• AH0601 Closed/open systems
• AH0602 Deterministic/probabilistic systems
• AH0603 Human-machine systems
• AH0604 Socio-technical systems

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• AI RESEARCH
• AI01 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• AI0101 Action research
• AI0102 Case study
• AI0103 Comparative study
• AI0104 Empirical research
• AI0105 Experimental research
• AI0106 Exploratory study
• AI0107 Conceptual study
• AI0108 Field study
• AI0109 Protocol analysis
• AI0110 Laboratory study
• AI0111 Literature review
• AI0112 Ethnography
• AI0113 Longitudinal study
• AI0114 Meta-analysis
• AI0115 Discourse analysis
• AI0116 Hermeneutics
• AI0117 Quasi-experimental study
• AI0118 Secondary data analysis
• AI0119 Citation analysis
• AI02 RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS
• AI03 RESEARCH ISSUES
• AI0301 Research status
• AI04 MEASUREMENT
• AI0401 Measures

UF Instruments

UF Scales

• AI0402 Reliability
• AI0403 Validity
• AI0403.01 Construct validity
• AI0403.02 Content validity
• AI0403.03 Predictive validity
• AI0403.04 Convergent validity
• AI0403.05 Discriminant validity
• AI05 DIFFUSION OF RESEARCH
• AIO501 Literature
• AI06 STATISTICAL METHODS
• AI0601 ANOVA
• AI0602 MANOVA
• AI0603 Correlation analysis
• AI0604 Regression analysis
• AI0605 Discriminant analysis
• AI0606 Factor analysis
• AI0607 Cluster analysis
• AI0608 Conjoint analysis
• AI0609 Path analysis
• AI0610 Partial least squares
• AI0611 LISREL
• AI0612 Non-parametric statistics
• AI07 RESEARCH MODELS
• AI0701 Causal models
• AI0702 Contingency models

UF Contingency theory

• AI0703 Structuration theory
• AI08 EPISTEMOLOGY
• AI0801 Positivist perspective
• AI0802 Interpretivist perspective
• AI0803 Critical perspective

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• AJ SOCIAL SCIENCE

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• AK MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
• AK01 MODELS
• AK0101 Financial models
• AK0102 Planning models
• AK02 OPTIMIZATION
• AK0201 Optimization methods
• AK0202 Heuristics
• AK0203 Linear programming
• AK0204 Goal programming
• AK0205 Mathematical programming
• AK03 STATISTICS
• AK0301 Statistical methods
• AK04 SIMULATION
• AK05 MANAGEMENT SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION

UF OR/MS IMPLEMENTATION

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• AL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• AL01 KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
• AL0101 Frames
• AL0102 Scripts
• AL0103 Predicate logic
• AL0104 Rule-based representation
• AL0105 Semantic networks
• AL02 NEURAL NETWORKS
• AL03 DEDUCTION AND REASONING
• AL0301 Analogical reasoning
• AL0302 Fuzzy reasoning
• AL0303 Probabilistic reasoning
• AL0304 Rule-based deduction
• AL0305 Answer/reason extraction
• AL0306 Approximate reasoning
• AL0307 Memory-based reasoning
• AL04 KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION

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• AM ECONOMIC THEORY

UF ECONOMICS

• AM01 AGENCY THEORY
• AM02 TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS
• AM0201 Contract

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• AN ERGONOMICS

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• AO POLITICAL SCIENCE

USE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT

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• AP PSYCHOLOGY

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The scheme was compiled for the WEB by Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim on 11/25/97. This page is maintained by Susan Scanlan who welcomes your feedback at sscanlan@csom.umn.edu. It was last updated on June 1, 1999. Comments about the classification scheme itself should be directed to the authors.