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Role
Subject Coordinator
Paper Coordinator
Content Writer
Content Reviewer
Language Editor

Name
Prof. I. Ramabrahmam
Prof. A. S. Malik
Prof. S.S. Dahiya

Affiliation
University of Hyderabad
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
M.D. University, Rohtak

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Notes:
1. Hawthorne experiments were conducted by Prof Elton Mayo at the Hawthorne Plant of Western
Electric Company, so are known after this name.
2. The book Administrative Behaviour brought laurels to Herbert Simon and ultimately he got the
Nobel Prize on the basis of this book in 1978.
3. Pai Panandikar has made an empirical analysis of values and behaviours of Indias developmental
administrators; Roy and Kothari have made an empirical study of relationship between politicians
and administrators in a district in Uttar Pradesh,
Kuldeep Mathur has studied the
background, approaches and values of Sub-divisional Development officers of UP and Rajasthan and
C.P. Bhambhari has studied the behavioural patterns of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.
4. Robert Presthus and Michael Crozier have conducted cross cultural studies with regard to the
behavioural aspect of the bureaucrats in different cross cultural settings.

References and Further Readings:

1. Arora R.K. Comparative Public Administration, New Delhi, Associated Publishing House,1960.
2. Barnard, Chester. The Functions of the Executive, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard
University Press, 1938.
3. Basu, Rumki, Public Administration: Concepts and Theories. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers,
1992.
4. Crozier, Michael, The Bureaucratic Phenomenon, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964.
5. Naidu, S.P., Public Administration: Concepts and Theories, New Delhi: New Age International
Publishers, 1996.
6. Robert Presthus, Behaviour and Bureaucracy in Many Cultures, Public Administration
Review, Vol. XIX, (1959) :25-35;
7. Sharma, R.D. Advanced Public Administration, New Delhi, H.K. Publishers & Distributors,
1990.
8. Simon, Herbert, Administrative Behaviour: A Study of Decision Making Processes in
Administrative Organizations, New York: The Free Press, 1957, 2nd ed.

Glossary:
Values- Choice of Preferences
Empirical- Practical, Proverbs- Maxims
Interdisciplinary- Knowledge of multiple disciplines
Bounded Rationality- Limited Rationality
Satisfying- a word derived from the combination of satisfy & suffice

Learn More
http://www.managementstudyguide.com/behavioral-systems-approach-to-publicadministration.htm
http://www.uky.edu/~clthyn2/PS671/Dahl_APSR1961.pdf
http://www.psychlotron.org.uk/newresources/approaches/as_aqb_approaches_behaviourismbasics
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