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A GENERAL administration course of reading has been drawn up by Mr. W. R. Dunlop, 57 Gordon Square, London, W.C.I., designed to introduce the idea of reading administratively. While the course is intended primarily for those holding administrative positions, it has a cultural value and aims at serving as a practical form of education for citizenship, including membership, not only of a country or nation but also of businesses, services and institutions. It is intended to provide standards for criticism, imitation and inspiration. Utilizing material of administrative interest to be found in general as well as specialized works and including fiction and poetry, the course should give a general insight into how man governs in different fields and at different levels in the complex hierarchies of administrative control. While there is no time limit it is suggested that, reading eight hours a week, the recommended literature could be studied adequately in six to nine months, after which the practical reader will begin to specialize. Tuitional assistance is given by post in the form of instruction regarding the meaning and principles of administration and what to look for, more detailed treatment of examples, criticism of readers' notes and the like.
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Reading Administratively. Nature 141, 868 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141868b0
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