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What is Bureaucracy?
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a large, complex organization of appointed, not elected, officials.
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Who was Max Weber?
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was one of the first people in modern times to think seriously about the importance of bureaucracy.
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What is heirarchical authority structure?
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A chain of command that is heirarchical; the top bureaucrat has ultimate control, and authority flows from the top down.
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What is task specialization?
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a clear division of labor in which every individual has a specialized job.
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what are extensive rules?
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clearly written, well-established formal rules that all people in the organization.
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what are clear goals?
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a clearly defined set of goals that all people in the organization strive toward.
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what is the merit principle?
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merit-based hiring and promotion; no granting of jobs to friends or family unless they are the best qualified.
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what is impersonality?
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Job performance that is judged by productivity, or how much work the individual gets done.
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what is divided supervision?
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Congress has the power to create, organize, and disband akk federal agencies.
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what is the Pendleton Act?
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Act which set up a limited merit system for appointing federal offices.
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what does The office of Personnel Management do?
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administers civil service laws, rules, and regulations.
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What does the merit systems protection board do?
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protects the integrity of the federal merit system and the rights of federal employees.
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what is The Interstate Commerence Commision?
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Foundedin 1887, the icc is the oldest of the regulatory agencies. It first regulated railroads, but now oversees trucking as well.
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What is The Federal Trade Commision?
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The FTC regulates business practices and controls monopolies.
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What is the National Labor relations board?
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The NLRB regulates labor-management relations.
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what The federal board?
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The frb govern banks and regulates the supply of money.
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What the securities and exchange commission?
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The sec polices the stock market.
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what are government corporations?
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are a blend of private corporation and governments agency.
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what is the corporation for public broadcasting?
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this controversial govenment corperation operates public radio and television station.
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what is The tennessee valley authority?
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this corporation was created as one of franklin roosevelt's new deal program.
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what is the u.s. postal service?
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the post office is a corporation that competes with private services.
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what is amtrak?
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congress created amtrak to provide railroad passenger service that is heavily subsidized by the federal govenment.
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what is the general services administration?
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the gsa operates and maintains federal properties, handling buildings,supplies, and puchasing.
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what is national science foundation?
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the nsf supports scientific research.
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what is the national aeronautics and space administration?
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nasa administers the united states soace program, financing ventures into space since 1958
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