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094449 1 (1970-09-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacujg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TENTIALS FOR MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT ADDRESS BY 094II9 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ELMER B. STAATS AT THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET'S FEDERAL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 21, 1970 May I first of all commend the Office of Management and Budget for its leadership in organizing a conference of this type. The Office enjoys a unique position in the Executive Office of the President and therefore has a unique opportun- ity to exercise needed leadership in the management field. I know of the plans to give increased emphasis to management and organizational problems in the newly established office, and I can only offer complete support and say Congratula- tions! In offering congratulations, I do not wish to make a mistake attributed to the Mayor of South Bend, speaking on the occasion of the Studebaker Company's birthday some years ago an a nationwide broadcast. He was reported to have eulo- gized: Studebaker, I congratulate you. For 84 years you have turned out a product equal to few and superior to none!. This certainly would not apply to this conference or to the efforts of the Office of Management and Budget's predecessor agency--the Bureau of the Budget. The term management in a broad sense involves the mar- shaling of three primary resources--people, money, and phys- ical assets--so as to achieve a specific objective or set of objectives. Management implies action; requires affirmative atten- tion by the manager; and cannot succeed, for long, if a

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