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Book Synopsis Opportunities in the Civil Service (Classic Reprint) by : Leonhard Felix Fuld
Download or read book Opportunities in the Civil Service (Classic Reprint) written by Leonhard Felix Fuld and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Opportunities in the Civil Service The civil service attracts ambitious young men and young women because it recruits its forces wholly on the basis of merit and fitness as demonstrated by a carefully devised system of ex amination. If you are the ablest of a group applying for em ployment you will be selected by the impartial impersonal ma chinery of the Civil Service Commission even though you have no friends in the government service. The man who makes the appointment selects the person who by reason of his proficiency stands at the head of the eligible list, irrespective of who that person may be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis A Reform for the Civil Service (Classic Reprint) by : Stephen Demetriadi
Download or read book A Reform for the Civil Service (Classic Reprint) written by Stephen Demetriadi and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Reform for the Civil Service The reform of the Civil Service, by which I mean those reforms which will place it in a permanent state of efficiency, is a question which must necessarily become more and more urgent. On the one hand our administrative obligations have increased at an unprecedented rate - witness, amongst others, the Ministries of Education, Health and Pensions-ou the other, our financial resources have diminished. If I employ one gardener at a salary of £3 per week, and receive from him work to the value of £22 105. Per week, my weekly loss is 103. But if I employ three gardeners on the same terms, my loss rises to £1 10s. If we admit, then, as we must do, that the Civil Service is not efficient, we must also admit that the wastage has become vastly more serious with the increase in the number of our Departments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Civil Service and the Patronage (Classic Reprint) by : Carl Russell Fish
Download or read book The Civil Service and the Patronage (Classic Reprint) written by Carl Russell Fish and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Civil Service and the Patronage I have had access to the collections of the Harvard College Library and the libraries of Boston, of Brown University, the American Antiquarian Society at Wor cester, the Rhode Island Historical Society, the Wis consin Historical Society, the Library of Congress, and the departmental libraries at Washington; and I desire to express my thanks to the officials of these institutions for their uniform interest and assistance. Thanks are particularly due to the owners of private collections of manuscripts and newspapers, whose courtesy in opening them for research evinces the general interest felt in historical studies. Most of all, I wish to record my appreciation of the kindness of Professor Albert Bush nell Hart and Professor Edward Channing, to whose inspiration and guidance the inception and development of this monograph are chiefly to be attributed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Book Synopsis Civil Service Reform As Demanded by Presidents and Statesmen (Classic Reprint) by : Massachusetts Civil Service Association
Download or read book Civil Service Reform As Demanded by Presidents and Statesmen (Classic Reprint) written by Massachusetts Civil Service Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-11-03 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Civil Service Reform as Demanded by Presidents and Statesmen No person at the head of the Government has, in my opinion, any claim to the active partisan exertions of those in office under him. - Monroe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Civil Service written by Edward Cary and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-11-03 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Civil Service: The Merit System, the Spoils System Two facts are noteworthy with regard to the effect of the use of the merit system on partisan contests in politics. The total cost of the executive service is over Of this about three-fourths is now paid to those employees who are under the merit sys tem. This very large sum is no longer held out as prizes for partisan activity, or treated as the spoils of the enemy. The other fact is that the feeling of the people that the government is theirs, and does not belong to the party in power for the time being, is greatly strengthened. The entrance examinations are held in all parts of the land, and men and women are selected for the departments at Washington with no regard whatever for their party views or the influence of politicians. This has been of great effect in laying to rest the passions bred by the civil war, and giving to the dwellers in the South a sense of their common rights and duties as citizens of the nation. It is a great and lasting gain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Civil Service Administration (Classic Reprint) by : Leonhard Felix Fuld
Download or read book Civil Service Administration (Classic Reprint) written by Leonhard Felix Fuld and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Civil Service Administration Efinitiojn. Civil service administration has in. The past been that branch of the public service which has jurisdiction over the selection of civilian employes required to carry on the public business. In most cases these employes have been selected by means of competetive tests. With the recent introduction of service records, the recent development of promotion examinations and the prosecution of efficiency studies, the sphere of the civil ser vice administration has been gradually enlarged, and when the present day interest in salary classification, in service instruction and in centralized disciplinary control has been crystalized into legislation, civil service administration will include most of the activities whch in private life are com prehended within the field of employment management. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Operations of the Civil Service (Classic Reprint) by : Eugene Hale
Download or read book Operations of the Civil Service (Classic Reprint) written by Eugene Hale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Operations of the Civil Service The witness Edward Jardine, a chief weigher, now in the service, testified (p. 162) that he could not undertake to say whether the men under him made contributions or not, adding, I imagine that they have done so.' If they did not they were very foolish, that is all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Civil Service by : Edward Clark Marsh
Download or read book The Civil Service written by Edward Clark Marsh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Civil Service: A Sketch of the Merit System Altogether about one thousand such positions, including that of postmaster Of Boston, with a salary Of a year, have been so filled, This, after all, is practically the method that the president Of a great railroad would pursue in seeking to find a competent division head. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Fighting the Spoilsmen by : William Dudley Foulke
Download or read book Fighting the Spoilsmen written by William Dudley Foulke and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fighting the Spoilsmen: Reminiscences of the Civil Service Reform Movement Among the voluntary associations which have existed in this country for the propagation of various political and social movements there are two which have fairly won an honorable place in history: the Anti-Slavery Society which played an important part in the movement for the abolition of human bondage, and the National Civil Service Reform League which, with its constituent local and State associations, has done much to bring about the establishment of the competitive system in the civil service. The history of such organizations ought to be preserved, not only on account of the things they did, but as an illustration of the power of comparatively small groups of men, when properly organized and skillfully led, to accomplish by long and persistent efforts great public reforms. It shows what immense possibilities there are in voluntary association with self-sacrificing devotion to a cherished cause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Memorial of the Civil Service Association (Classic Reprint) by : Civil Service Association of Canada
Download or read book Memorial of the Civil Service Association (Classic Reprint) written by Civil Service Association of Canada and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memorial of the Civil Service Association The t W Service -\ct of fats: was a measure prepared with considerable care. It was patterned after the Imperial -\et. Although not following it in all respects. It has obviously served the purpose of producing a highly organized service. And to that ex tent it should be commended; but twenty-five years of experience has demonstrated that it is not a perfect measure. Among the clauses that might. Be improved are. Those in relation to classification. Based upon the theoretical organization of Departments. In this regard it has for some years worked injustice to some Civil Servants. And unless a remedy is applied it. Nmst continue to do harm in an intensifying degree. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis How to Prepare for Civil Service (Classic Reprint) by : Ernest Hamilton Cooper
Download or read book How to Prepare for Civil Service (Classic Reprint) written by Ernest Hamilton Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from How to Prepare for Civil Service This book starts with early life and shows, step by step, how individuals may, of their own initiative and without means, attain a good education, lucrative position and success. It may be that the reader has gone part of the way described herein and desires to complete the journey. If so, skip the first part of the book that deals with the problem up to your stage, begin where you are, and follow the story from there on. This story of a way to success, carefully read and followed, will surely lead you to the goal of your ambition. The first chapter or two may seem very commonplace and many are past those chapters in the experiences of life, but the chapters that follow carry the reader over places in the journey that many do not pass, and grow deeper in interest as the end approaches. The reader will have a better appreciation of the line of activity laid down in the following pages, with the knowledge that it is not theory but the story of actual accomplishment. It is not the desire of the author to fill this book with matter that the student could obtain elsewhere. The author believes he has something new to say. It is the purpose of this book to give sound, practical help that will be of real service and value to its readers; helps that will enable them to profit by the experience of others who have been successful. There are many ways to build a flying machine, and nearly every novice has his own peculiar way. Most of the flying machines built by novices will not fly. If you would be sure that your machine will fly, follow the design of a tested model that has proved successful. Experimenting is very costly business. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Civil Service of Great Britain (Classic Reprint) by : Robert Moses
Download or read book The Civil Service of Great Britain (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Moses and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Civil Service of Great Britain As a civil service reformer Mr. Eaton's work deserves the highest praise. It is something to have set up an honest, competitive civil service, though its standard be the truly democratic one of uniform mediocrity; but such democracy is false democracy, and until we have a service which at tracts the élite of our young men, trained for intellectual work and on a higher level than mechanical clerks, we shall have no civil service worthy of the name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Civil Service and Connecticut (Classic Reprint) by : Henry W. Farnam
Download or read book Civil Service and Connecticut (Classic Reprint) written by Henry W. Farnam and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Civil Service and Connecticut In one of the outlines of this course the subject of civil service reform is classified among the "newer ideas in government." Novelty is always a question of degree. Readers of Wells "Outline of History" need not be told that the whole recorded history of the race is new compared with the uncounted geological eras that preceded it. Visitors to Great Britain know that the "New Forest" is still called new in that once conservative country, although it was established by William the Conqueror, so that the word new in that case means over 800 years old. I will therefore not hint that the ladies, whose literary skill and judgment are so manifest in all of their publications, have made an inaccurate statement regarding the novelty of civil service reform. I will merely interpret their phrase by saying that the official recognition of this reform in our country is now fifty years old; that the political principles on which it is based were recognized by all of our earlier presidents and are 130 years old; while its ethical standards go back to the decalogue, since any one who accepts a salary to serve the general public and who consciously uses his time and the labor of his subordinates to promote the interest of a faction, is not scrupulously observing the spirit of the eighth commandment, while the hungry place hunters are clearly violating the tenth. It is, however, true that the decalogue, or at least the observance of it, is new to some people. Indeed, we have become acquainted in the course of our civil service fight with some influential Connecticut tories so conservative that the ninth commandment seems to them an irritating and radical innovation. On no other theory can I account for their persistency in bearing false witness even after the truth has been brought to their attention. I regret that the limitations of time force me to a considerable condensation. If I were a scenario writer and if this lecture were to be popularized by reproduction in movie form, I should throw upon the screen a series of pictures representing the early presidents of the United States, from George Washington to John Quincy Adams, as observers of the principle of appointment for merit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Administration, Vol. 2 of 15 by : Theodore Roosevelt
Download or read book Administration, Vol. 2 of 15 written by Theodore Roosevelt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Administration, Vol. 2 of 15: Civil Service The public service. It achieves this end too; but its main purpose is to raise the tone of public life, and it is in this direction that its effects have been of incalculable good to the whole community. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Federal Civil Service as a Career by : El Bie K. Foltz
Download or read book The Federal Civil Service as a Career written by El Bie K. Foltz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Federal Civil Service as a Career: A Manual for Applicants for Positions and Those in the Civil Service of the Nation Early in the history of our country it became manifest that frequent change in the Govern ment's civil personnel was not conducive to the best results. Tenure of office, entirely dependent upon political preference, offered no inducement for civilians to make a study of conditions when to-morrow might see another party voted into power, and themselves displaced. It is obvious that this system invited the low ideals and loose ethics typically voiced in the notorious sentiment attributed to President Jackson, To the victor belong the spoils. With a strange patience our people endured the spoils system for one hundred years. During this time a healthy agitation for reform began to make itself felt, reaching fruition in 1883. Congress heard the demand and passed what is known as the Civil Service Act. This act with the amendments that followed - provided for the classification of executive positions, and assured reasonable permanence in office to the main body of workers. The law was at first regarded with much misgiving, but a quarter of a century under its guidance has proved the wisdom of those who framed it. As an experiment a few branches only of the executive service were brought under the law, but, the beneficial features becoming evident, branch after branch was added, till now two thirds of the whole executive service is embraced by it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Civil Service Law by : William Harrison Clarke
Download or read book The Civil Service Law written by William Harrison Clarke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Civil Service Law: A Defense of Its Principles, With Corroborative, Evidence From the Works of Many Eminent American Statesmen The improvements in the revised edition of this work consist in an Appendix, a new Index, the addition of fresh matter to about thirty, pages of the Introduction and various chapters, and the correction of a few errors. The Appendix possesses much historical value, for it contains pertinent quotations from the works of many contemporary and recent statesmen not quoted in the body of the book. The warning of Storey and Washington (pages 225, 226) concern ing the dangers of party Spirit, should be read and heeded by every American. Parties, when they strive solely for principle, are the life of a nation; but when they strive solely for pelf, patronage, and power, they are its death. Even corrupt party leaders may destroy a republic; sometimes even ambitious leaders may do so. Did a nation ever make a narrower escape than did our own during the slaveholders' rebellion? Who but ambitious party leaders caused that rebellion? Some truthful words concerning the crime of buying and selling votes have been added to page 52. This evil cannot be too soon remedied. Voters should be educated up to a higher standard. The American who acknowledges any man as his political boss, at the polls or elsewhere, disgraces the name American. Independent voting and an educational test for voters are what is wanted. The man who can not both read and write the English language, should not be allowed to vote. This would supersede the necessity for the so-called Force Bill, for the rule would apply to blacks as well as whites. A few words concerning the crime of business men neglecting to vote would be an important supplement to page 52. The subject of civil service reform is still one of the greatest issues of the' day. The Christian Register (boston) truly says: We are yet on the threshold of this the most important reformation in American political history. Other newspapers have testified to the same effect, extracts from a few of which appear on page 240. There is much work yet to be done. But the outlook is hopeful. If civil service reformers are as vigilant in the future as they have been in the past, ultimate victory is assured. A people who have the intelligence to discover their mistakes and the courage to correct them, are capable of self-government; otherwise they are not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Civil-Service Reform Movement (Classic Reprint) by : W. E. Foster
Download or read book The Civil-Service Reform Movement (Classic Reprint) written by W. E. Foster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Civil-Service Reform Movement In this country we know no rank or class distinction, and, in this light, civil-service reform, we shall admit, is! Democratic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
