1st Edition
Administrative Vitality The Conflict with Bureaucracy
By Marshall E. Dimock
Copyright 1959
314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1960. This title presents a discussion of bureaucracy and enterprise and how they are related and might be combined. Case studies of various businesses, including Marks and Spencer, are used to illustrate this idea. Most of the companies examined are large and have all been at least partially successful in solving some of the difficulties of administration that businessmen... Read more
Introduction; 1. Vitality in Administration; Part 1: Growth; 2. Pioneering in Big Business 3. Some Theories of Growth 4. Some Theories of Decay; Part 2: Bureaucracy; 5. British Electricity 6. The Traditional Case for Bureaucracy 7. A New Look at Bureaucracy 8. The Pathologies of Bureaucracy; Part 3: Enterprise; 9. Incentive and Idea 10. Person and Process 11. Marks and Spencer; Part 4: The Best of Both Worlds; 12. Integrative Leadership 13. Decentralization 14. Responsibility and Response 15. Power and Security 16. A Vital Economy; Notes; Index
Biography
Marshall E. Dimock
