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d. 1991 United States

Marshall Edward Dimock (1903 - Nov. 14, 1991) was an American political scientist, Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Government at New York University, known for his work in the field of public administration.

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Also known as: Marshall Dimock, Marshall Edward Dimock

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Public administration is a process or a theory, not merely an accumulation of detailed facts. It is Verwaltungslehre. The object of administrative study should be to discover, first, what government can properly and successfully do, and secondly, how it can do these proper things with the utmost possible efficiency and at the least possible cost both of money and of energy.

Organization is the arrangement of personnel for facilitating the accomplishment of some agreed purpose through the allocation of functions and responsibilities. It is the relating of efforts and capacities of individuals and groups engaged upon a common task in such a way as to secure the desired objective with the least friction and the most satisfaction to those for whom the task is done and those engaged in the enterprise.

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