Chapter Thirteen The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government Test Questions Multiple Choice 1. A principle of bureaucratic organization is (e) Hierarchical authority job specialization formalized rules both hierarchical authority and formalized rules 2. Compared to the president and Congress‚ the bureaucracy (C) has a more direct impact on the daily lives of Americans 3. Whenever Congress has a perceived need for ongoing control of an economic activity
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction – Normative assessment of delegation 1 2. Theory ………………………………………………………………………………2 2.1 The Principal-Agent-Theory 2 2.2 Application of Principal-Agent logics to Bureaucracies 3 2.3 Hypotheses 4 2.3.1 Efficiency 4 2.3.2 Depoliticization 5 2.3.3 Shifting responsibilities 6 2.3.4 Decreased likelihood of policy adoption 6 2.3.3 Control variables 6 3. Methods and data 7 3.1 Data 7 3.2. Operationalization of dependent variable 7
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The state bureaucracy administers/implements the laws of Texas. It is run by executives whose job is to see that the laws of the state are implemented according to the will and intent of the Legislature. Ideally‚ these executive branch officials or bureaucrats are to administer their duties and implement the laws in a neutral manner‚ uninfluenced by politics. In reality‚ state bureaucrats are important players in not just implementation‚ but also policy making. In Texas‚ there is no overall central
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How does the President and Congress control bureaucracy? Federal Bureaucracy is a system of appointed individuals that serve in one of the major departments of our government. Both the President and Congress have some form of control over bureaucracy through several different means. According to Richard W. Waterman and B. Dan Wood in their writings The Dynamics of Political Control of the Bureaucracy‚ state that control is through “political appointment‚ budgeting‚ structure‚ personnel control‚ or
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Governing a country with complete civil obedience and compliance has proven to be very difficult by numerous governments throughout history. To establish control‚ governments often become bureaucracies‚ believing this will allow for an easier domination of its people. Countries with lesser amounts of bureaucratic control that practice capitalism‚ for example‚ tend to have more civil cooperation than totalitarian and communist countries with enhanced bureaucratic control. During times of war‚ governments
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David Hochheim Markets‚ Bureaucracies‚ and Clans William G. Ouchi (1980) The text „Markets‚ Bureaucracies‚ and Clans “ written by William G. Ouchi in 1980 describes these three modes of control for forming an organization. At first William G. Ouchi aks the question what an organization really is. He refers to different authors‚ who are answering this question. At first he refers to March and Simon’s (1958) who a taking the aspect in consideration‚ that an organization “will exist so
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INTRODUCTION Bureaucracy refers to the management of large organizations characterized by hierarchy of authority‚ fixed rules and regulations‚ impersonal relationships‚ rigid adherence to procedures‚ and a highly specialized division of labor. Bureaucracy is often associated with large entities such as government‚ corporations and non-governmental organizations. This includes businesses‚ government‚ education and religion. Bureaucracy connotes a rational‚ efficient method of accomplishing
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Appraisal of Max Weber’s Bureaucracy as a Philosophy of Management Today Max Weber is the writer most often associated with the bureaucratic approach to organizations. Weber’s ideas of bureaucracy were a reaction to managerial abuses of power. He looked for methods to eliminate managerial inconsistencies that contributed to ineffectiveness‚ and his solution was a set of principles for organizing’ group effort through a bureaucratic organization. Although the term bureaucracy‚ has been popularized
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the ’ideal bureaucracy’ consisted of a system that was efficient‚ worked fast but yet remained precise‚ wasn’t ambiguous‚ had knowledge of the files it held‚ continually discreet‚ has strict subordination‚ reduction of friction whilst maintaining the lowest possible material and production costs. While Weber’s statement is itself ambitious (and highly unlikely that a bureaucracy containing all those characteristics could exist in either the US or UK political systems) if a bureaucracy did exist with
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Describe the six elements of Max Weber’s model of bureaucracy. Explain the significance of each. At the beginning of the 20th Century‚ Max Weber developed a theory of relational authority structures to support his concept of the “ideal bureaucracy”. Although Weber noted that this “ideal bureaucracy” did not exist anywhere‚ his “ideal type” describes many of today’s organizations. Weber’s bureaucracy was an organization characterized by six key elements. Those elements were a division of labor
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