Book Reviews : Organization and Management: Theory and Practice. By CATHERYN SECKLER-HUDSON. (Washington, D.C.: The American University Press. 1955. Pp. viii, 324.)

• Author: John M. Pfiffner
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295600900157
• Published date: 01 March 1956
• Date: 01 March 1956
• Subject Matter: Articles

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Professor Larrowe writes fluently. Without losing respect for the serious-
ness of his subject, he sometimes produces sections which are as gripping
to the reader as a good novel. A word of compliment should also go to
the University of California Press, which provided excellent typography,
illustrations, and format, and which made the book available to the public.
WILLIAM S. HOPKINS.
University of Washington.
Organization and Management: Theory and Practice. By CATHERYN
SECKLER-HUDSON.
(Washington, D.C.: The American University
Press. 1955. Pp. viii, 324.)
Professor Seckler-Hudson has written a splendid synthesis of organiza.
ation and management as they exist today. In it one finds illuminating dis~
cussions of such familiar topics as planning, budgeting, staffing, and report-
ing, as well as provocative questions, topical headings, and summary state-
ments. The book is clearly written and well edited, and should constitute a
valuable instrumentality for teaching and learning in this growing field.
The study of organization, broadly defined, is the point of contact be,
tween the behavioral sciences and administration. The significant addi-
tions to knowledge in this area are coming from psychology, sociology, an-
thropology and the mathematical approach to scientific management.
These are the disciplines conducting...