Administrative Behavior

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Administrative Behavior is Herbert A. Simon’s influential book that applies behavioral and decision-making theories to explain how organizations and their administrators actually function.

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instanceOf book
management book
non-fiction book
organizational theory book
addresses authority and hierarchy
communication in organizations
efficiency in administrative processes
loyalty and organizational identification
structure of organizations
author Herbert Simon
surface form: Herbert A. Simon
contrastsWith economic man model
coreIdea importance of information in decisions
limits of human rationality in organizations
organizations as systems of decision-making
programmed and non-programmed decisions
role of authority in decision processes
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
field management
organizational theory
political science
public administration
focusesOn behavioral aspects of administration
bounded rationality
decision processes in organizations
organizational decision-making
satisficing
hasEdition fourth edition
second edition
third edition
influenced decision theory
management science
modern organizational theory
public administration scholarship
language English
proposesConcept administrative man
bounded rationality
satisficing
publicationYear 1947
publisher Macmillan Publishers
surface form: Macmillan
recognizedAs classic in organizational theory
foundational work in decision theory
influential book in public administration
relatedTo Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
surface form: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences of Herbert A. Simon
subject administrative theory
decision-making
management science
organizational behavior
public administration
usedIn courses on organizational behavior
graduate education in management
graduate education in public administration

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Herbert Simon notableWork Administrative Behavior
subject surface form: Herbert A. Simon