Policy Formulation and the Administrative Process

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1537-5943|33|1|55-60

ISSN: 0003-0554

Source: American Political Science Review, Vol.33, Iss.1, 1939-02, pp. : 55-60

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Abstract

It is no mere coincidence that greater reliance on government for social stewardship in a decade of economic stress has been accompanied by a reconsideration of public personnel problems. Foremost in the new orientation of thought is a deeper appreciation of administrative leadership within the civil service. As a result, considerable emphasis is being placed upon the demand for “upward extension” of the merit principle. In reality, the term “extension” appears to be a misnomer. If the leading staff positions in the administrative hierarchy are to be filled on a basis of competency and permanency, far-reaching questions of recruitment, promotion, and general grouping present themselves which can be answered only in relation to a revised conception of the entire service.