西方行政思想专题研究是本专业的专选课，对学生的专业规格培养具有重要意义。本课程对威尔逊行政学理论的主要内容、古德诺的政治--行政二分法、泰勒科学管理理论的主要内容、法约尔一般管理理论的主要内容、韦伯官僚制理论的主要内容、怀特行政学思想的主要内容、西蒙行政学思想的主要内容、德布洛姆的渐进决策理论的基本内容、布坎南的公共选择理论“政府失败说”、奥斯本的企业家政府理论等问题进行了详细讲解，对西方行政思想做出系统阐述。通过本课程的修习，让学生掌握西方行政学产生的社会历史背景，系统了解各个不同时期具有代表性的行政学说，更深一层地了解行政管理思想的演变及其影响，并从行政理论的变革和历史作用中得到启示，加深对行政活动规律的认识，把握西方行政学的发展趋势。而且理解并掌握西方行政学各个发展时期的主要行政学流派及其代表人物的行政学说，把握西方行政学发展历史的整体概貌，对于引导学生运用理论分析与实证分析相结合的方法，借鉴西方行政学的学术理论，为我国政府进一步完善行政管理体制，提高行政效率提供有益的建议。

Monographic study of western administrative ethics is the professional course, the professional specifications for students is of great significance to the cultivation. This course on the Wilson administration theory main content, Goodnow's politics administration dichotomy, Taylor's scientific management theory, the main content of Fayol's general management theory of the main content of Webb theory of bureaucracy, the main content of White's administration thought, the main content of Simon's administration, the main contents of the thought, de Blom's progressive decision-making theory the basic content of Buchanan's theory of public choice, "government failure ", Osborn's entrepreneur government theory problem in detail, on the western thought of administration to make elaborate system. Through this course of study, make the students master the western administration with the social and historical background, the systematic understanding of different periods have representative administrative theory, a deeper understanding of administrative management thoughts and its influence, and from the administrative theory change and historical role of inspiration, to deepen the understanding of the law of administrative activities, grasp the development trend of western public administration. But to understand and grasp the different period of the development of western public administration the main administration schools and its representative figures of administrative theory, grasp the development history of western administration in general, to guide students to apply the theoretical analysis and the empirical analysis of the method of combining, draw lessons from the western administration theories, for our government to further improve the administrative management system, improve administrative efficiency to provide useful suggestions.