PAD-3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hull House, Jane Addams, Spoils System
8 Sep 2016
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Civil service reform (dorman eaton: problems from spoils system. Qualified or not: dorman eaton"s reform efforts. Merit system: future challenge of civil service. The study of administration by wilson: not only personnel problems, but also an organization and management in general, organized efficiency & economy, politics-administration dichotomy. Search for greater democratic participation by the individual. Application of knowledge & specialized knowledge and skills: main strategies: Scientific management (frederick taylor: from rule-of-thumb methods to systematic, more scientific measuring of individual work and accomplishment, scientifically selecting and developing workers to ensure their role, cooperation between managers and workers, logical divisions of work and responsibilities. Other significant scholars: william willoughby"s budgeting reform. How budgets would advance and provide control. How budgets enhance legislative and executive cooperation. How budgets ensure efficiency: leonard white: first public administration textbook. Is an art, but transforms to a science.
