Book Notes
| Date | 01 June 1965 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1965.tb01615.x |
| Published date | 01 June 1965 |
Book
Notes
Becision-Making
:
An
Annotated Bibliography,
Supplement
I
958-
I
963
Paul Wasserman and Fred SSilander.
Graduate School of Business and
Public Administration, Cornell
University,
1964.
Pp.
178. $4.75.
A supplement to
a
bibliography
published by the School in
1958,
it
contains selected references to books
and articles on an aspect of admini-
stration which
is
attracting increasing
attention, particularly in the United
States, The abstracts are grouped
under such headings as leadership,
behavioral decision theory, decision-
making of small groups, community
decision-making and communications
and information handling. They are
descriptive rather than critical.
Public Administration
:
A Select
Lirt
of
Books and
Periodicals
Longmans, Green for the
British Council,
1964.
Pp.
IZO.
5s.
Containing over
1,500
references to
books,
pamphlets, and periodicals,
this bibliography is intended primarily
as a guide for the overseas reader, but
will
be
of interest to all students of
public administration. The scope of the
subject
has
been interpreted
as
liberally
as possible, and within the twenty-six
subdivisions, there are also many
references to
books
on
the principles
and techniques of management. In all
cases, prices are given and the list is
thus
a
useful guide to the prospective
purchaser.
If
the bibliography has
onc
weakness, it is that
it
is too narrowly
based. It is confined mainly to the
work of British authors, and while the
British Council may feel obliged to
proniulgate the sale
of
British works,
some recognition of the contribution
of American writers to the subject
would have enhanced its value. It is
to be hoped that the bibliography will
be brought up to date from time
to
time by the issue, perhaps,
of
a
supplement.
The Teaching
of
Social Studies in British
Universities
Kathleen Jones. Pp.
87.
8s.
The Careers
oj
Social
Studies Students
Barbara N.Rogers. Pp.
75. 7s.
Occasional Papers
on
Social
Administration,
Nos.
11
and
12.
The Codicote Press,
1964.
The number of students entering
social studies departments was nearly
50
per cent greater in
1962
than in
1952.
and three-quarters of them were
women. These are
just
two
of
the
findings
of
Dr. Jones’ survey. By social
studies, the authors mean sociology,
social administration, and social work
training. Dr. Jones analyses the courses
offered in social studies by the
universities, the departments’ plans
for expansion in the context
of
the
Robbins Report, changes in the age
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