Simon, Herbert: Administrative Behavior

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
John Bendix
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Behavior

Chapter I: Administrative Behavior: Theory and Research

1961 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roald F. Campbell ◽  
Charles F. Faber
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Behavior ◽  
Behavior Theory

Administrative Traditions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Guy Peters
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Administrative Behavior ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Bureaucracy ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
And Function

Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots as well as contemporary ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organized and function. This book argues that there are administrative traditions that have their roots centuries ago but continue to influence administrative behavior. Further, within Western Europe, North America, and the Antipodes there are four administrative traditions: Anglo-American, Napoleonic, Germanic, and Scandinavian. These are not the only traditions however, and the book also explores administrative traditions in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Islamic world. In addition there is a discussion of how administrative traditions of the colonial powers influenced contemporary administration in Africa. These discussions of tradition and persistence also are discussed in light of the numerous attempts to reform and change public administration.

scholarly journals Empiricism in Herbert Simon: Administrative Behavior within the evolution of the Models of Bounded and Procedural Rationality

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEJANDRO HORTAL
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Common Element ◽  
Classical Approach ◽  
Herbert Simon ◽  
Procedural Rationality ◽  
Administrative Behavior ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
The Common ◽  
Empirical Methodology

ABSTRACT This paper contextualizes Simon’s book, Administrative Behavior, within the evolution of his ideas arguing, contrary to what some have posited, that the common element that unites this book with the rest of Simon’s work is not the criticism of the classical approach, but an epistemological frame, based on an empirical methodology. This empiricism is the element that remained constant during his career and led him to introduce psychological factors when explaining the behavior of economic agents under his models of bounded and procedural rationality.

Administrative Behavior

1950 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Clarice M. Russell ◽  
Herbert A. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Behavior

Herbert A. Simon,

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Mintrom
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Choice Architecture ◽  
Herbert Simon ◽  
Administrative Behavior ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Impact

InAdministrative Behavior, Herbert Simon proposed a science of administration where organizational decisions represent the primary units of analysis. In constructing a conceptual framework to guide that science, Simon drew heavily on insights from cognitive psychology. Since its publication in 1947,Administrative Behaviorhas inspired researchers investigating institutional and organizational practices across many settings. Here, consideration is given to the impact ofAdministrative Behaviorin public policy and public administration. Four legacies are highlighted. They are: scholarship on incrementalism in policy-making, scholarship on agenda setting, scholarship on choice architecture, and scholarship on expertise and learning organizations. Continuous improvements in information technology and its application, combined with increasing citizen demands for more effective and efficient government, suggest ideas introduced inAdministrative Behaviorwill continue to influence theory and practice in policy design and public management for years to come.

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