ABSTRACT
Several factual studies have been published of Civil Service structures in other countries, but very little has been done on the organization and functions of what in Britain are called the ‘professional’ classes or even on the wider question of the relationship between ‘specialists’ and ‘generalists’. The present authors were asked to make an independent survey of the role of the ‘specialist’ abroad by the Institution of Professional Civil Servants. This followed the appointment by the Government of the Committee on the Structure, Recruitment and Management, including Training, of the Home Civil Service, under Lord Fulton. The Fulton Committee was asked to recommend any changes which it thought necessary to ensure that the service is properly equipped for its role in the modem State.
