文章认为，过去学术界对六、七十年代英国文官改革失败原因的诸种看法有一定的局限。从行政学的角度看，领导权威，尤其是组织权威的缺失，是导致改革的主要因素。其中组织权威的缺失，又具体表现为组织目标的不明确及组织结构上的混乱，进而导致组织功能的弱化。 The article holds that in the past, academics had some limitations on the reasons for the failure of British civil service reform in the 1960s and 1970s. From an administrative point of view, the leading authority, especially the lack of organizational authority, is the main factor leading to the reform. The lack of organizational authority, but also the specific performance of the organizational goals is not clear and organizational chaos, which led to the weakening of organizational functions.