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Important Public Administration Theorists
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Mary Parker Follett
Advocated for participative management and the integration of individual and organizational interests; she stressed the importance of people rather than systems in administration.
Woodrow Wilson
Known for his essay 'The Study of Administration' which argued for politics-administration dichotomy and the need to make public administration more businesslike.
Frederick W. Taylor
Proposed Scientific Management (Taylorism); focused on improving economic efficiency and labor productivity through systematic measurement.
Dwight Waldo
Criticized the principles of bureaucracy and posited that public administration must understand its political implications; known for his work 'The Administrative State'.
Henri Fayol
Developed the theory of administrative management; identified the five management functions and the fourteen principles of management.
Herbert Simon
Introduced the concept of 'bounded rationality' in his critique of the classical theory of administrative management; emphasized on decision-making processes in organizations.
David Osborne
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.
Max Weber
Developed the theory of bureaucratic management; emphasized the importance of a hierarchical structure, specialized tasks, and impersonal rules for an efficient organization.
Chester I. Barnard
Proposed the theory of cooperative systems; emphasized the significance of informal organizations and the role of the executive in securing cooperation.
Graham T. Allison
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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