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''Administrative Behavior: a Study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organization'' is a book written by Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001). It asserts that "decision-making is the heart of administration, and that the vocabulary of administrative theory must be derived from the logic and psychology of human choice", and it attempts to describe administrative organizations "in a way that will provide the basis for scientific analysis". The first edition was published in 1947; the second, in 1957; the third, in 1976; and the fourth, in 1997. As summarized in a 2001 obituary of Simon, the book "reject() the notion of an omniscient 'economic man' capable of making decisions that bring the greatest benefit possible and substitut() instead the idea of 'administrative man' who 'satisfices—looks for a course of action that is satisfactory'". ''Administrative Behavior'' laid the foundation for the economic movement known as the Carnegie School. The book crosses social science disciplines such as political science and economics. Simon returned to some of the ideas in the book in his later works, such as ''The Sciences of the Artificial'' (1969).〔 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited the book as "epoch-making" in awarding the 1978 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to Simon. A 1990 article in ''Public Administration Review'' named it the "public administration book of the half century" (1940-1990). It was voted the fifth most influential management book of the 20th century in a poll of the Fellows of the Academy of Management. ==Background== The book is based on Simon's doctoral thesis in political science at the University of Chicago, which he began planning in 1937. At the time, the chair of the political science department was Charles Edward Merriam.〔 Beginning in 1936, Simon worked as a half-time research assistant and then as a full-time staff member at the International City Managers Association (ICMA).〔 Among other activities at ICMA, he learned about administration and about scientific collaboration from director Clarence Ridley, and published his first book with Ridley in 1938.〔 Although Simon cites Ridley as a major influence on his thinking, Simon did not actually work on his thesis while at ICMA.〔 Simon took a position at the Bureau of Public Administration at the University of California, Berkeley between 1939 and 1942.〔 It was at Berkeley that he completed his University of Chicago Ph.D. thesis, which was approved by a committee consisting of Leonard D. White, C. Herman Pritchett, Clarence Ridley, and Charner Marquis Perry.〔 Simon received his doctorate in 1942.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Administrative Behavior」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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