Lee, Mordecai,  1948- <br/><br/>
Institutionalizing Congress and the presidency  the U.S. Bureau of Efficiency, 1916-1933 /  [electronic resource] : 
Mordecai Lee. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - College Station :  Texas A&M University Press,  c2006. 
 - xii, 241 p. :  ill. 
 - Joseph V. Hughes, Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership .
 - Joseph V. Hughes, Jr., and Holly O. Hughes series in the presidency and leadership studies. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-230) and index. 
<br/><br/>Why study the Bureau of Efficiency? -- Origins -- Inventing a central staff agency : congress proposes, the president disposes -- An administrative sketch of the bureau -- A staff agency at work -- A presidential staff agency -- A congressional staff agency -- Terminating the bureau : congress proposes, the president disposes -- Assessing the first federal staff agency. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781603445351 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Bureau of Efficiency --History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civil service--Personnel management.--United States<br/>Industrial efficiency--United States.<br/>Executive departments--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK691  / .L44 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>352.3/75097309042