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handle is hein.gao/gaobaculu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 41 , SOME CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAMES E. WEBB TO oA97 THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT A PRESENTATION BY ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT IN ITS SERIES, GIANTS IN MANAGEMENT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AUGUST 11, 1978 In preparing for my presentation today, I should like first to offer congratulations to the Academy of Management for conceiving the idea of these presentations. Your Chairman, Mr. James Worthy, in his letter to me emphasized that the aim of the series will be to focus on the work of a selected group of * * * individuals, analyzing their accomplishments and evaluating their contributions to the practice of management. The more I considered the matter, the more I became impressed with the fact that this approach, in and of itself, met one of the tests laid down for those who appear here today, namely to answer the question posed in Mr. Worthy's letter, In what ways are theoreticians and practitioners of management better able to improve their theory and practice because of the ways in which he (the practitioner) accomplished the great tasks to which he set his hand? By sharing the experiences of five outstanding individuals, the Academy is making a unique contribution toward this objective. Also, we can all agree with Mr. Worthy that management has come of age in this century due to the theoretical work of students of management and the creative genius of men of practical affairs faced with the problems of directing and controlling large and complex enterprises. I suggest that each individual so honored today met this test because: 7c 6 I

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