1st Edition

The Administrative Factor Papers in Organization, Politics and Development

By Bernard Schaffer Copyright 1973
346 Pages
by Routledge

346 Pages
by Routledge

346 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1973, the chapters in this volume tackle a wide range of problems arising from this process of modernization. The first section looks at the discussion of ideas and theories about administration in the nineteenth century, when some organizational ideology became firmly-rooted and went unquestioned for many years. These chapters also examine the inevitable questions of... Read more
Part I: Administration and Organization.  1. The Idea of the Ministerial Department: Bentham, Mill and Bagehot.  2. Sir Arthur Helps and the Art of Administration.  3. Public Administration adn the Political Education.  4. Theory and Practice in the Machinery of Government.  5. Brownlow or Brookings: Approaches to the Improvement of the Machinery of Government.  Part 2: Men and Methods.  6. The Distinction between Executive and Administrative Work.  7. Staff Conditions and Careers as a Problem of Management.  8. The Conditions of the Public Establishments: Fulton in Winter.  Part 3: Public Policy Decisions: The Institutional Impact.  9. Policy and System in Defence.  10. Decision-Making and the Civil-Military Experience.  11. The Concept of Preparation.  12. Advising about Development.  13. Some Possible Meanings of Development Administration.  14. Public Employment, Political Rights and Political Development.  15. Comparisons, Administration and Development.  16. 'Easiness of Access': A Concept of Queues.

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Bernard Schaffer