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1874–1953 United States

Charles Edward Merriam, Jr. (November 15, 1874 – January 8, 1953) was an American political scientist and Professor of political science at the University of Chicago, founder of the behavioralistic approach to political science, a prominent intellectual in the Progressive Movement, and an advisor to several U.S. Presidents.

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Also known as: Charles E. Merriam

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The technical apparatus of modem organization is far more complicated, elaborate, and scientific than that of preceding generations.

p. 150-1 ; as cited in Albert Lepawsky (1949)

It is not necessary to conclude that the managerial groups have assumed complete domination over the concerns in which they are found, although this may be the fact in various instances, but only to reckon with the undoubted truth that the managerial factor in public and private enterprise has taken on a far more significant role than before.

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