This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...will be standardized according to grades of service rendered; the requirements of each position being determined by scientific inquiry rather than by unsupported opinion. g. Provision will be made for distinct bureaus to perform, for the entire city government, special functions requiring expert service which the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...will be standardized according to grades of service rendered; the requirements of each position being determined by scientific inquiry rather than by unsupported opinion. g. Provision will be made for distinct bureaus to perform, for the entire city government, special functions requiring expert service which the general departments are now commonly expected to carry on independently, each in its own way, to the financial and operative disadvantage of the city. The functions which can be thus segregated to advantage in a given community can be determined only by proper research. Among those which will probably be thus segregated, the following are suggested: (1) Central purchasing agency and storehouse, which shall give the city the Ixriefit of central buying; to departments the benefit of prompt action; and to dealers the benefit of prompt settlement and businesslike treatment. (2) Interdepartmental janitorial service, which shall assume responsibility for the care of physical plants, including cleaning and minor repairs, which is often wastefully and unsatisfactorily placed upon the departments separately. (3) Municipal messenger service, which shall provide for prompt and direct communication between offices; avoiding the delays incident to communication by mail and reducing the expense of separately maintained departmental messenger service. (4) Emergency clerical force of the necessary number of employees trained in the methods of the city departments, from which occasional clerical service may be obtained on requisition by officers having seasonal or periodical requirements for such service. Such an emergency corps may not only facilitate the performance of municipal work at times of special need, but make possible reductions in the regular force of e...
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