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Important Public Administration Theorists

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Mary Parker Follett

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Advocated for participative management and the integration of individual and organizational interests; she stressed the importance of people rather than systems in administration.

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Woodrow Wilson

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Known for his essay 'The Study of Administration' which argued for politics-administration dichotomy and the need to make public administration more businesslike.

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Frederick W. Taylor

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Proposed Scientific Management (Taylorism); focused on improving economic efficiency and labor productivity through systematic measurement.

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Dwight Waldo

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Criticized the principles of bureaucracy and posited that public administration must understand its political implications; known for his work 'The Administrative State'.

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Henri Fayol

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Developed the theory of administrative management; identified the five management functions and the fourteen principles of management.

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Herbert Simon

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Introduced the concept of 'bounded rationality' in his critique of the classical theory of administrative management; emphasized on decision-making processes in organizations.

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David Osborne

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Co-authored 'Reinventing Government,' which proposed a shift from a bureaucratic to an entrepreneurial approach in the public sector; the book has had significant influence on public administration reforms.

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Max Weber

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Developed the theory of bureaucratic management; emphasized the importance of a hierarchical structure, specialized tasks, and impersonal rules for an efficient organization.

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Chester I. Barnard

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Proposed the theory of cooperative systems; emphasized the significance of informal organizations and the role of the executive in securing cooperation.

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Graham T. Allison

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Known for the three models of decision making in his book 'Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis'; namely the Rational Actor Model, the Organizational Process Model, and the Governmental Politics Model.

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