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Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America.
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If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done, he must suggest the something. The unpardonable sin is to propose nothing, when action is imperative.
Charles Edward Merriam
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p. 162-3 ; as cited in Albert Lepawsky (1949), Administration, p. 15-16
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p. 163 ; as cited in Albert Lepawsky (1949), Administration, p. 15-16
Charles Edward Merriam -
It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
Charles Edward Merriam -
It is not necessary to conclude that the managerial groups have assumed complete domination over the concerns in which they are found, although this may be the fact in various instances, but only to reckon with the undoubted truth that the managerial factor in public and private enterprise has taken on a far more significant role than before.
Charles Edward Merriam -
The technical apparatus of modem organization is far more complicated, elaborate, and scientific than that of preceding generations.
Charles Edward Merriam -
p. 163-4 ; as cited in Albert Lepawsky (1949), Administration, p. 15-16
Charles Edward Merriam