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The organization's goals , in sum , had been overcome by the struggle to survive
in a hostile environment.21 THE WRITTEN WORD In AID , as in many
bureaucracies , one was urged or required to put many things “ in writing . ”
Moreover , if ...
The organization's goals , in sum , had been overcome by the struggle to survive
in a hostile environment.21 THE WRITTEN WORD In AID , as in many
bureaucracies , one was urged or required to put many things “ in writing . ”
Moreover , if ...
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Writing was important , then , not only because it was required , but because it
could be an instrument for gaining recognition and leverage . Writing was of
special importance to the agency , moreover , because of the newness of the task
and ...
Writing was important , then , not only because it was required , but because it
could be an instrument for gaining recognition and leverage . Writing was of
special importance to the agency , moreover , because of the newness of the task
and ...
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Writing was necessary , in short , for the actual relating of things , in addition to its
standard bureaucratic function of recording verbal agreements . At the same time
, however , writing was riskier in AID because of the excessive vulnerability of ...
Writing was necessary , in short , for the actual relating of things , in addition to its
standard bureaucratic function of recording verbal agreements . At the same time
, however , writing was riskier in AID because of the excessive vulnerability of ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Task and the Organizational Fit | 8 |
The Misfit | 23 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Inside Foreign Aid |
| Author | Judith Tendler |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975 |
| ISBN | 0801817315, 9780801817311 |
| Length | 140 pages |
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