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To Manage Is Not To Control: Or the Folly of Type II Errors.

We are often told that "To manage is to control." This phrase fuses two different concepts into synonymy. The bulk of the writing on management-control makes it evident that this construct is not a conjunction of two classes of administrative behavior. It is employed to exclude a distinguishable man...

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Published in:Public Administration Review Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 148 - 157
Main Authors: Landau, Martin, Stout Jr., Russell
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar/Apr79
Subjects:
Management
Management science
Management controls
Production control
Error analysis in mathematics
Organizational effectiveness
Errors
Performance standards
Public administration
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