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Personnel administration and the will to manage
Author(s) -
Patten Thomas H.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.3930110302
Subject(s) - administration (probate law) , business , human resource management , public relations , management , operations management , knowledge management , political science , engineering , computer science , law , economics
How many personnel managers start with a will to manage and unremittingly stay with it? How many give up, and retreat to the personnel technology of recordkeeping and filling out forms? Advances in the behavioral sciences and new conceptions of the personnel manager's role allow us to redefine the personnel job–all we need is more of the will to manage.