So-Called Experts: How American Consultants Remade the Canadian Civil Service 1918-21
By: Alasdair Roberts
The Institute of Public Administration of Canada (c) 1996
Pages: 106
ISBN: 0-920715-38-9
This book makes a useful contribution toward an appreciation of the history, roots and growth of the public personnel system in Canada, and challenges some of the apparent "conventional wisdom" that has been the foundation of much of its reputation. It adds a new and hitherto ignored perspective to an important historical debate.
Much of what is explored remains of relevance to current time; for example, the care and feeding of consultants; the transfer of theories (and/or mythologies) of business administration to the field of public administration; the worship of "systems" at the expense of judgement and discretion; the use and abuse of power of control.
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