Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET August 2024 Political Science
Who contended that we are concerned only with finding a choice mechanism that will lead it to pursue a 'satisficing' path, a path that will permit satisfaction at some specified level of all of its needs?
AMary Parker Follett
BChester Barnard
CMax Weber
DHerbert Simon ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Herbert Simon — Herbert Simon advanced the idea of satisficing, so the answer is Herbert Simon.
Explanation
★Herbert Simon advanced the idea of satisficing, so the answer is Herbert Simon.
★Satisficing combines 'satisfy' and 'suffice', meaning a choice that is good enough rather than optimal.
★Simon argued that decision-makers cannot examine every option because of limited time and information.
★So they stop searching once they find an alternative that meets an acceptable level for their needs.
★This idea is central to his theory of bounded rationality, set out in works like 'Administrative Behavior'.
★Mary Parker Follett and Chester Barnard wrote on integration, authority and cooperation, not satisficing.
★Max Weber theorised rational-legal bureaucracy and is not the source of this decision concept.
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