Bureaucracy
Why is it difficult for the public to accurately make judgments about efficiency and waste in bureaucracies given the political nature of the portrayal of bureaucracy in general?
Public opinion is exactly what it lends itself to be. The difficulty exists with public opinion about how the bureaucracy works is mainly due to the fact that the average person is not informed. This paper elaborates on that fact. It is easy for the public to say that they are not happy with government spending, assignments, decisions, and waste, but how much do they actually know about how assignments are decided upon or the actual costs involved. Naturally the special interest groups and lobbyists want bigger government and increased spending and the public who feels …show more content…
While it is true that a more businesslike approach would create a tighter environment, it must be remembered that there are different branches to consider. Government does not have one CEO as a business employs. (153) Decisions must be addressed by congress, senate, and the executive branch the costs for those decisions are funneled to the taxpayers and when taxes go up it causes distrust in actual costs involved. Since the costs of schools, infrastructure, military are high it brings up the question as to how much of the money spent on those things are wasted. (154) While it is true there is evidence of waste and inefficiency in business as well as government how is the happy medium found. There are many complex decisions to be made in government and some of those decisions may on the outside look ill-advised and tend to be easily condemned. In a perfect world, the outcome would make everyone happy however; even coming to a middle road can be difficult at times. When the outcome does not please the vast majority, often results in stereotyping the entire bureaucracy as something that should be eradicated which of course will hopefully never happen. What needs to happen is that well informed dedicated people should become involved in government. the populace should elect officials that will work together with others in government to make better
Public opinion is exactly what it lends itself to be. The difficulty exists with public opinion about how the bureaucracy works is mainly due to the fact that the average person is not informed. This paper elaborates on that fact. It is easy for the public to say that they are not happy with government spending, assignments, decisions, and waste, but how much do they actually know about how assignments are decided upon or the actual costs involved. Naturally the special interest groups and lobbyists want bigger government and increased spending and the public who feels …show more content…
While it is true that a more businesslike approach would create a tighter environment, it must be remembered that there are different branches to consider. Government does not have one CEO as a business employs. (153) Decisions must be addressed by congress, senate, and the executive branch the costs for those decisions are funneled to the taxpayers and when taxes go up it causes distrust in actual costs involved. Since the costs of schools, infrastructure, military are high it brings up the question as to how much of the money spent on those things are wasted. (154) While it is true there is evidence of waste and inefficiency in business as well as government how is the happy medium found. There are many complex decisions to be made in government and some of those decisions may on the outside look ill-advised and tend to be easily condemned. In a perfect world, the outcome would make everyone happy however; even coming to a middle road can be difficult at times. When the outcome does not please the vast majority, often results in stereotyping the entire bureaucracy as something that should be eradicated which of course will hopefully never happen. What needs to happen is that well informed dedicated people should become involved in government. the populace should elect officials that will work together with others in government to make better