Editor's Critique.

The article presents comments by the editor, discussing journal objectives, summarizing contents, and offering suggestions for the future of the periodical. The author states that objectives of the "Administrative Science Quarterly" are to advance basic understanding of the processes, theories, and analysis of administrative science. The author states that he would like to include more studies on the effects of cultural variations on enterprise management in the journal, and states that there is a need for articles that pioneer the theoretical analysis of empirical materials.