Book Notes
| Published date | 01 March 1962 |
| Date | 01 March 1962 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1962.tb01117.x |
Book
Notes
30
b
A
nalyJis
H.E.
Iiofrf
and
T.E.\Vatson.
Institute
of
Personnel Management,
1961.
Pp.
40.
7s.
6d.
Although much has already been
written on job analysis, many
of
the
less expensive works are apparently
not easily obtainable, and
so
I.P.M.
have produced this booklet to provide
an
introduction to the subject.
It
aims
tv
give
a
brief summary and show
where further information can be
found,
to
indicate the importance
of
job analysis
as
a
tool
of
personnel
management, and
to
include some
comments on practical points that are
not easily found elsewhere. A major
part
of
this broadsheet
is
concerned
with the preparation
of
a
job descrip-
tion and the development
of
a
system
of
job analysis. The appendices include
a
specimen job analysis record form,
the headings
of
a
seven-point plan
for
place’ment purposes and the outline
of
n
training course for
job
analysts.
The Government:
An
Introduction to
the Cabinet System
in
Ireland
Basil Chubb. Institute
of
Public
Administration, Ihblin, 1961.
I’p.
47.
9s.
Readers familiar with earlier studies
in public administration from the
Irish Institute will welcome this new
addition
to
the series. Professor Chubb
defines and describes the cabinet
system which operates
in
Ireland
today, explains
its
functions and, in
general terms, the conditions under
which its members hold their positions
and perform their functions.
The
concluding two chapters, much
of
which
is
a
revised version of an article
which originally appeared in
Political
Studies,
trace the development
of
cabinet government in Ireland from
the Irish Free State Constitution
of
1922.
Britain’s Search
for
Health
Paul F.Gemmil1. Pennsylvania
University Press. London: Oxford
University Press. 1961. Pp. 171. 32s.
Prompted by the lack of knowledge
among many
of
his fellow countrymen
about the British Xational Health
Servicc:, the author, an American
Professor
of
Economics,
has
set
out
to provide the general reader with
a
simple, accurate and objective story
of
how
it
came into being, how it
operates, and how the British feel
about it. His research was based
on
reference work in the United States
and
a
seven-months
‘on
the spot’
survey in England, Scotland and
Wales, which was wholly independent
and iinsponsored and during which
time he saw almost
400
doctors and
left questionnaires with
1500
National
Health Service patients. Although
writtm primarily for an American
audience, other readers will find this
an interesting study of the Service.
Graduated National
Pensions
as Aflecting Local Authorities
George H.Forster. Charles Knight
‘9:
Co. Ltd., 1961.
E’p.
xiiif432.
IVith Supplement,
i3
10s. net.
This volume
is
intended to provide
local authorities with
a
concise descrip-
tion
of
the national graduated pension
scheme which came into operation on
3rd April 1961 under the provisions
of
the National Insurance Act, 1959.
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