Civil Service and Managing Work
Some Unintended Consequences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3520376 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert T Golembiewski (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 961-973 |
| Publication date | 1962-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1952798 |
| OpenAlex | W2115411146 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
Nature seldom allows us to get what we wish without paying her price. This truism is commonly illustrated by the delicate balance in animal life which often cannot be disturbed to satisfy man's wants (e.g., for fox hunting) without demanding of man in return (e.g., by increases in the rabbit population and in crop damage).The several civil service systems in this country also illustrate this bittersweet combination of intended and unintended consequences. The argument here will not go to the extreme of one observer, in whose judgment the United States Civil Service Commission was the single greatest obstacle to the successful waging of World War II. Rather, the focus here will be upon several characteristics of our civil service systems that have as presumably unintended consequences an increase in the burdens of managing work. For the most part, the analysis of management problems will derive from the research literature dealing with behavior in organizations, a field of study presently seething with activity
Argument (complex analysis · Balance (ability · Business · Civil service · Commission · Law and economics · Obstacle · Political economy · Political science · Population · Public service · Service (business · Sociology · Unintended consequences · Work (physics · Accounting and Organizational Management · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Engineering · Law · Marketing · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research
New patterns of management
Introduction to the Study of Public Administration
Public Personnel Administration
Influence Measurement in Experimental and Semi-Experimental Groups
The Triumph of Techniques over Purpose
The Senior Civil Service and the Career System
Big Business and Free Men
A further investigation of the criteria of leadership
The Small Group
Centralization versus Decentralization
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 1984 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |