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The “Merit System” Again

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Of the various proposals embodied in the recently published Report of the President's Committee on Administrative Management, that calling for extension of the merit system has received most publicity. This publicity has been generally favorable, and, in the opinion of the present writer, undiscriminating. Everyone agrees that appointments to the public service should be based upon merit of some kind. The pertinent questions are: First, should the sort of merit represented by party service be given any consideration in the public service? Second, assuming that it should not, how is the sort of merit connoted by efficiency in doing the particular job assigned to be secured? Any proposal to extend the merit system which fails to tackle these questions unequivocally is hardly entitled to unqualified support.

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  • Cole, Kenneth C., 1937. "The “Merit System” Again," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 31(4), pages 695-698, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:31:y:1937:i:04:p:695-698_03
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