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Administrative lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942)
Abstract
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a popular and largely successful New Deal youth employment program. CCC has been widely imitated in recent years, and there is today increasing discussion of a large-scale national youth service. Given the public policy influence of CCC, a discussion views the program not as a historical curiosity, but as an important precedent. It identifies five administrative principles that contributed to CCC's successes: clarity of goals, emphasis on productivity, selection of visible projects, fostering of decision making at the local level, and integration with the local economy. It is possible that these same principles could well be applied to contemporary youth employment settings and to other forms of public service employment as well.
Journal
(1985)
vol9
no2
pages85-97
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Financial Management
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