satisfice

The debate over whether librarians should be complicit in students' efforts to "satisfice" -- that is, do what they can to get by and graduate -- can be a contentious one, since it runs to the root of what the library and higher education in general is for."

Study: College students rarely use librarians' expertise 2011

It tells readers to set standards and look for "good enough," rather than holding out for the very best conceivable choice: to "satisfice," in the jargon of social scientists, rather than "maximize."

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run 2009

If these students are trying to "satisfice," it probably isn't so that they'll have more time to goof off, she said.

Study: College students rarely use librarians' expertise 2011

Thill says she does not think "satisfice" should be a dirty word.

Study: College students rarely use librarians' expertise 2011

To satisfice is "to decide on and pursue a course of action that will satisfy the minimum requirements necessary to achieve a particular goal" OED.

January 2008 2008

To satisfice is "to decide on and pursue a course of action that will satisfy the minimum requirements necessary to achieve a particular goal" OED.

How to Choose a Sewing Machine - A Dress A Day 2008

Dynamic Tension eliminates the tendency to satisfice by making it impossible to succeed without thinking differently.

The Elegant Solution Matthew E. May 2007

There is always some foot-dragging in order to satisfice sufficient numbers of the laggards to justify a game from a business perspective.

March 2005 2005

There is always some foot-dragging in order to satisfice sufficient numbers of the laggards to justify a game from a business perspective.

Part Of My (Virtual) World 2005

Saunders and Tuggle commented in the same vein that a lack of stringent competition allows managers to “satisfice at a more comfortable level” instead of having to optimize, as planning supposedly does 1977:21.

The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994