Administrative Behavior, 4th Edition

Herbert A. Simon

• Publisher: Free Press
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781439136065
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Decision Making
• Index: Business

In this fourth edition of his ground-breaking work, Herbert A. Simon applies his pioneering theory of human choice and administrative decision-making to concrete organizational problems. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the book's original publication, Professor Simon enhances his timeless observations on the human decision-making process with commentaries examining new facets of organizational behavior. Investigating the impact of changing social values and modem technology on the operation of organizations, the new ideas featured in this revised edition update a book that has become a worldwide classic.Named by Public Administration Review as "Book of the Half Century, " Administrative Behavior is considered one of the most influential books on social science thinking, and was referred to by the Nobel Committee as "epoch-making."Written for managers and other professionals who wish to understand the decision-making processes at the heart of organization and management, it is also essential reading for students in business and management, economics, sociology, psychology computer science, government, and law.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Introduction to the Fourth Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter I: Decision-Making and Administrative Organization
• Chapter II: Some Problems of Administrative Theory
• Chapter III: Fact and Value in Decision-Making
• Chapter IV: Rationality in Administrative Behavior
• Chapter V: The Psychology of Administrative Decisions
• Chapter VI: The Equilibrium of the Organization
• Chapter VII: The Role of Authority
• Chapter VIII: Communication
• Chapter IX: The Criterion of Efficiency
• Chapter X: Loyalties and Organizational Identification
• Chapter XI: The Anatomy of Organization
• Appendix
• Endnotes
• Index
• Copyright