Public Administration Theory

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This essay reviews and contrasts the positions of contemporary organizational theorists with the positions of earlier contributors to the field. The earlier contributors considered are Woodrow Wilson, Fredrick Taylor, Max Weber, and Mary Follett.

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"CONTRASTING THE ASSUMPTIONS OF HAMMER AND CHAMPY AND OSBORNE AND GAEBLER WITH THE EARLY CONTRIBUTORS TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

This essay reviews and contrasts the positions of contemporary organizational theorists with the positions of earlier contributors to the field. The earlier contributors considered are Woodrow Wilson, Fredrick Taylor, Max Weber, and Mary Follett. The contemporary theorists include Michael Hammer and James Champy, who contributed the increasingly discredited concept of re-engineering, and Donald Osborne and Ted Gaebler, who contributed the highly worthwhile concept of reinventing government.

The essence of re-engineering is the total overhaul of a corporation. It is not the sum total of individually scattered continuous improvements. It is revolutionary, not evolutionary ..."

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