Herbert Simon Rationalistic Theory of Decision Making

Abstract

As Public Administration has gained importance in the modern times, so has been the case of behaviour of administrators. Main contribution of Herbert Simon is that his views over administrative behaviour has gained worldwide recognition. His contribution is noteworthy in developing rationalistic theory of decision making. He focused on the decision-making capacity in Administration by pointing out three steps in decision making process. Simon insisted upon ‘rationality’ in the decision-making process. Herbert Simon was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1978.