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Bureaucracy
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a large, complex organization of appointed, not elected, officials.
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Importance of Bureaucracy
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a rational way for modern sociey to manage and organize its business
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Max Weber
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created the classic onception of Bureaucracy.
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Classical Concept of Bureaucracy
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the idea that bureaucracy is a well organized and complex machine that is a rational way to organze business
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Characteristics of Bureaucracy
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Hierarchial authority structure, task soecilization, extensive rules, clear goals
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hierachal authority structure
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a chain of command that is hierachal
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task speialization
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a clear division of labor in which every individual has a special job
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extensive rules
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clearly written
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clear Goals
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a clearly defined set of goals that all people in the organization strive toward
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Merit Principle
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Merit based hiringand promotion; no granting of jobs to friends or family unless they are best qualified
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impersonality
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Job performance that is judged by productivity, or how much worl the individual gets done
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Divided supervision
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The sharing of political authority over the bureaucracy
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Congress & President
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they share the power over the bureaucacy
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Congress & officials in the executive branch
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Share power over the bureaucracy on the national level
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Close Public Scrutiny
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government acts under scrutiny of the people, more so than any other country
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Regulation rather than public ownership
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government agencies regulate privately owned enterprises, rather than operate public ones
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The consttution
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made little mention of a bureaucracy other than the president was in charge ( with the advice and consesnt of the Senate)
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Article II section 3
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"all other officers of teh UNited States whose appoitmens are not herin otherwise provided for, and which hhall be established by law"
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year 1789
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The bureaucracy began
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secretary of state during 1789
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Thomas Jefferson
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Spoils System
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employed in 1829 to reward party loyalists with key federal posts
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Bureaucrats
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work in the execuive branch in teh sixteen cabinet level departmants and in more than fifty independent agencies
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Mak-up of Bureaucrats
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57% male 43% female
73% white 27% minority |
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Organization of the Bureaucracy
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The cabinet of departments, The independent regulatory agencies, The government corporations, Independent executive agencies
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Duplication
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Congress gives multiple jobs to a single agency
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Hearings
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committees hold these as part of their oversight responsibilities
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