赫伯特·西蒙(Herbert A.Simon,1916~2001)是美国管理学家和社会科学家、经济组织决策管理大师。他倡导的决策理论,是以社会系统理论为基础,吸收古典管理理论、行为科学和计算机科学等的内容而发展起来的一门边缘学科,对管理学的发展有着方向性的影响。瑞典皇家科学院认为,西蒙的科学成就远超过他所教的任何一门学科——政治学、管理 Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001) is a management scientist and social scientist in the United States and a master of decision-making in economic organizations. The decision-making theory advocated by him is an edge discipline which is based on the theory of social system and absorbs the contents of classical management theory, behavioral science and computer science. It has a directional influence on the development of management science. According to the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, Simon’s scientific achievements far outnumber any discipline he taught - political science, management