Public Service and University Education / / ed. by Joseph Erigina McLean.

• MitwirkendeR: Appleby, Paul,; Chapin, Selden,; Dunn, Frederick S.,; Egger, Rowland,; Flemming, Arthur S.,; Forrestal, James,; French, Patterson H.,; Gaus, John M.,; Grigg, Sir James,; Hensel, H. Struve,; Kennan, George F.,; Lovett, Robert A.,; McLean, Joseph E.,; Stone, Donald C.,; Woodward, E. L.,
• HerausgeberIn: McLean, Joseph Erigina,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1975
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5049
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 p.)

How to find, train, and retain talented individuals for the public service is the concern of this symposium. It applies the recent experience of government (both British and American) to the question of the types of personnel needed and the way in which institutions of higher learning may meet those...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• 1. Introduction
• Part I. Wartime Personnel Experience
• 2. Wartime Personnel Administration in Federal Agencies
• 3. The Role of the United States Civil Service Commission
• Part II. A Top Management View of the Federal Service
• 4. The Top Manager and His Environment
• 5. A Business Executive Looks at Government
• 6. Problems of Structure and Personnel
• Part III. The Personnel Needs in the International Field
• 7. The Needs of the Foreign Service
• 8. Training for the Foreign Service
• 9. Education and Foreign Affairs: A Challenge for the Universities
• Part IV. The British Experience
• 10. The British Civil Service
• 11. The Foreign Service
• 12. An American View Of The British Experience
• Part V. The Role Of University Education
• 13. A First View: The University-Wide Approach
• 14. A Second View: An American Administrative Class?
• 15. Managing The Public’s Business
• Who’s Who of Contributors