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Elements Of Public Administration
Author: James W. Fesler

ELEMENTS OF ministration JAMES W. FESLER FRITZ MORSTEIN MARX GEORGE A. GRAHAM DON K. PRICE V. O. KEY, JR. HENRY REINING, JR. AVERY LEISERSON WALLACE S. SAYRE MILTON M. MANDELL DONALD C. STONE HARVEY C. MANSFIELD JOHN A. VIEG JOHN D. MILLETT DWIGHT WALDO Edited By FRITZ MORSTEIN MARX NEW YORK PRENTICE - HALL - INC. Copyright, 1946, by PRENTICE-HA... more »LL, INC. 70 Fifth Avenue, New Yor All rights reserved. No part of this boot may be reprinted in any form, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission in writing from the publishers. First printing November, 1946 Siioml punting .. Fcbnun, l H7 Third printing NoM-rnher, 1 48 Fourth printing November, 1949 PRINTED IN THK UNITFD STATFS OF AMERICA TO OUR STUDENTS PERPETUAL PROMPTERS OF THOUGHT Preface THIS book is a testimonial to its publishers persistence. Idle minds have always liked to toy with ideas for books that ought to be written. However alluring any such plan, its author is apt to consider it highly unfair to be burdened with its execution. The editor could have done wonders with his lawn had he managed to cling to the role of the gratuitous book-planner. For better or for worse, the publisher prodded him into a more exacting job. This book is also a demonstration of teamwork. The fourteen men who came together to form the team discovered that they thought very much alike about the field of interest they had in common. When they joined forces, all of them were engaged in the practical business of public administration all of them were under the influence of fresh experience and all of them were stimulated by new insights that open up to those placed strategically within the administrative structure. These exceptional circumstances held forth the promise of a unified and systematic treatment of the subject rather than a symposium made up of unconnected essays. In the exchange of views among the members of the team, the preliminary plan grew into an integrated enterprise to which each member contributed his carefully defined share. Throughout the writing of the book, its character as a combined operation was sustained by the team spirit of each participant. The principal aim of the book is to deepen the readers understanding of the administrative process as an integral phase of contemporary civilization. In a sense, therefore, this is a broadly political rather than merely technical study. Its focus is on the fundamental problems of public administration the problems that assert themselves at countless points within the framework of governmental effort. The analysis here presented attempts to explore both the range of controlling institutional factors and the variables of administrative behavior. The aim of the book compelled an approach appropriate to it. A glance at the table of contents will show that the customary division of the subject matter has been modified in several important respects. There is also a deliberate recurrence of basic themes, each being developed in progressive specificity as the discussion moves forward. One of these basic themes inevitably runs through the entire volume that of the implications of democratic governance for public management in all of its ramifications. Many good friends have been generous enough to support the team at various junctures with sound counsel and welcome assistance. To name them all would make a long list. The editor is particularly grateful for the unfailing help rendered him by his secretary, Raye R. Schwciger. Mary Friedrich and Betty I. Bleichncr of the reference staff of the Library of the United States Bureau of the Budget have given liberally of their bibliographical knowledge. The distinguished record officer of the same agency, Helen L. Chatficld, as an act of supererogation turned herself into a painstaking proofreader. All these expressions of sympathetic interest are sincerely appreciated. FRITZ MORSTEIN MARX Washington, D. C. Introducing the Team James W...

ISBN-13: 9781406700619
ISBN-10: 1406700614
Publication Date: 3/15/2007
Pages: 660
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Publisher: Brownell Press
Book Type: Paperback
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