摘要
西蒙卓越的著述代表了一种重建公共行政学的理论努力。他力图将自然科学的研究方法应用于行政领域,尝试引入逻辑实证主义来重建一门富有效率的行政科学,并为该领域确立了一个实证主义的议程。西蒙希望这种行政科学具有可操作性,能够反映客观经验事实,能够说明组织中每个人做出了什么决策,以及他在做决策时受哪些因素影响。要言之,"决策"构成了西蒙行政思想的核心。西蒙的这一研究模式与进步主义的思维相一致,并与政治科学的行为革命相呼应,从而成为解决公共行政中效率问题的一种令人兴奋的研究途径,至今依然是思考公共行政的一种基本思路。
Herbert Simon argued that the failure of orthodoxy lies in the lack of a set of scientific conceptual tools,therefore he advocated that we should adopt the research method of natural science to study the individuals' behavior in administrative organizations.By introducing the logical positivism, and reestablishing a more scientific administrative science,Simon set up a classical rational research approach on Public Administration.Conforming to both Progressive thought and Behavioral revolutionary in political science,this research approach remains a successful method for resolving the problem of efficiency in public administration.In essence,this approach is subject to technical rationality,and it does not deny the mission and value dimension of the orthodoxy,although it emphasizes the logical positivism on its methodo- logical dimension.
基金
广东省哲学社会科学"十一五"规划项目08YF-02
广州市哲学社会科学"十一五"规划项目08B49
暨南大学人文社会科学发展基金项目
关键词
西蒙
决策
逻辑实证主义
行为主义
行政科学
Herbert Simon
Decision-making
Logical Positivism
Behaviorism
Administrative Science
