Record-keeping practices in World War I in relation to the development of modern bureaucracy in Great Britain and Canada : a study of government institutions and of the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Canadian Army Medical Corps
The thesis investigates and addresses the issue of the influence of World War I upon record-keeping practices and the development of twentieth-century bureaucracy. The records of the Offices of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Great Britain and Canada and the records of the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Canadian Army Medical Corps were selected for the purposes of this study. These bodies were representative of those administrative bodies which were actively engaged in the war, had to respond to its demands and created a multitude of documentation. Records from the selected bodies were investigated to determine whether change and adaptation occurred in terms of quantitative output, format and in informational content. The internal and external administrative factors contributing to change and adaptation were studied, focusing upon the information requirements of the government institutions and the Army Medical Corps of Great Britain and Canada, while these bodies were engaged in a military conflict. These organisations employed specialized recordkeeping methods as a result of the two governments undertaking more specialized activities brought on by the war, as well as by the two Army Medical Corps
Owens, Brian McCullough
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Record-keeping practices in World War I in relation to the development of modern bureaucracy in Great Britain and Canada : a study of government institutions and of the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Canadian Army Medical Corps. The thesis investigates and addresses the issue of the influence of World War I upon record-keeping practices and the development of twentieth-century bureaucracy. The records of the Offices of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Great Britain and Canada and the records of the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Canadian Army Medical Corps were selected for the purposes of this study. These bodies were representative of those administrative bodies which were actively engaged in the war, had to respond to its demands and created a multitude of documentation. Records from the selected bodies were investigated to determine whether change and adaptation occurred in terms of quantitative output, format and in informational content. The internal and external administrative factors contributing to change and adaptation were studied, focusing upon the information requirements of the government institutions and the Army Medical Corps of Great Britain and Canada, while these bodies were engaged in a military conflict. These organisations employed specialized recordkeeping methods as a result of the two governments undertaking more specialized activities brought on by the war, as well as by the two Army Medical Corps
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