Papers on the Science of Administration

This edited collection includes contributions by Mary Parker Follett, Henri Fayol, James D. Mooney and Henry S. Dennison, and L. J. Henderson, T. N. Whitehead and Elton Mayo. The paper by Henderson, Whitehead and Mayo discusses the findings of the Hawthorne experiments. Whilst admiring the pioneering work of Taylor, these authors criticize scientific management on the grounds that it does not study the facts of human organization. The Hawthorne experiments revealed the importance of spontaneous social organization of the work group into a micro-social system. <p>I. Notes on the Theory of Organization<br><em>Luther Gulick</em><br> II. Organization as a Technical Problem<br><em>L. Urwick</em><br> III. The Principles of Organization<br><em>James D. Mooney</em><br> IV. The Administrative Theory in the State<br><em>Henri Fayol</em><br> V. The Function of Administration, with special reference to the work of Henri Fayol<br><em>L. Urwick</em><br> VI. The Need for the Development of Political Science Engineering<br><em>Henry S. Dennison</em><br> VII. The Effects of Social Environment<br><em>L. J. Henderson, T. N. Whitehead</em> and <em>Elton Mayo</em><br> VIII. The Process of Control<br><em>Mary Parker Follett</em><br> IX. The Pros and Cons of Functionization<br><em>John Lee</em><br> X. Relationship in Organization<br><em>V. A. Graicunas</em><br> XI. Science, Values and Public Administration<br><em>Luther Gulick</em></p>