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REPORT DOCUMENTATION 

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1. REPORT NO. 



Rinlnair.fll Rppnrt 8fif9) 



4. TItl* and Subtitle 



.A New Perspective in Institutional Analysis: 

 } Institutional Analysis Model 



The Legal- 



3. Recipient's Accesilon No. 



5. Report Date 



September 1986 



7. Authors) 



Leah J. Wilds 



8. Parformfng Organization Rept. No. 



9. Performing Organization Name and Address National ECOl Ogy Center 



Division of Wildlife & Contaminant 



Research 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servcie 

 2627 Redwing' Rd. 

 Fort Collins, CO 80526-2899 



10. Project/Task/Work Unit No. 



11. Contract(C) or Grant(G) No. 



(C> 



(G) 



12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Address National ECOlOgy Center 



Division of Wildlife & Contaminant 



Research 

 Fish and Wildlife Service 

 U.S. Department of the Interior 



13. Type of Report & Period Covered 



14. 



IS. Supplementary Notes 



Washington, DC 20240 



IS. Abstract (Limit: 200 words) 



The Legal-Institutional Analysis Model (LIAM) helps an analyst to: (1) develop a better 

 understanding of the biases of the decisionmaking process through which resource decisions 

 are typically made; (2) predict the behavioral patterns which are likely to emerge among 

 organizations in a given conflict; (3) examine the power differentials among those 

 .organizations; and (4) develop more effective negotiation strategies for the resolution of 

 pinstream flow and other water resource conflicts. The model is based upon a synthesis of 

 various social science research concepts, which were themselves developed as part of the 

 continuing effort to understand and explain decisionmaking in the United States. The 

 combined result of the organizational phenomena depicted in these research efforts is that 

 organizational behavior is highly predictable. Prediction is incorporated into the LIAM 

 using the concept of roles. The model allows the user to systematically analyze the 

 political aspects of an agency's abiltiy to achieve its goals in a project negotiation. 

 LIAM is especially useful for assessing an organization's position vis a vis the other 

 agencies involved in a project. Using LIAM, a planner will then be better able to choose 

 the most appropriate strategies for goal achievement, conflict resolution, and 

 negotiation. 



17. Document Analysis a. Descriptors 



Computer simulation 

 Management methods 

 Negotiations 

 Organization theory 



b. ldantlfisrs/Op«n-Ended Terms 



Policy analysis 



c COSATI Fleld/GiDup 



ll. Availability Statement 



Release unlimited 



19. Security Class (This Report) 



Unclassified 



20. Security Class (This Page) 



Unclassified 



21. No. of Pages 



143 



22. Price 



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