Management for Social Change

One of the reasons why Administrative Behavior has influenced several generations of scholars and practitioners, is that it challenged the prevailing “principles” of administration that were considered to lead to administrative efficiency (Rainey 2001). Pointing out contradictions and incompatibilities between these principles that had been largely ignored, Simon emphasized the need to develop concepts that allowed a better diagnosis of administrative situations and organizational/structural design. Administrative Behavior put decision-making at the center of analysis and examined how individuals make decisions within certain organizational frames or contexts, whether related to vertical and horizontal specialization or coordination, or a combination thereof.