Bureaucrat

In comparison, the experience level career bureaucrats possess is incomparable to that of a political appointee. The GAO stated, “These short tenures, along with commissioners’ differing priorities and management approaches, resulted in frequent changes of direction, diminished accountability, and little long-term operational planning” (As cited in Kettl, 2015, p. 242). Career bureaucrats are focused on long term goals, while also possessing a superior knowledge about…

distinct in their own ways, they do have one aspect that they share. They are all bureaucracies and the people who work for them are called bureaucrats. “Bureaucrats, despite their terrible reputation, perform valuable, even life-saving services. The bureaucracy is what makes government…

Accountability Office of Congress of the agencies activities.Even though Congress controls the size of an agencies purse they must rely upon information delivered by the EOP and the GOA to approve or eliminate funding for projects and programs. The bureaucrats from agencies through the government are allowed a broad interpretation of the statues as per the Supreme Court in order to effectively implement policies and regulations changes. Bureaucracy would cause the government to come to a sudden…

qualifications and knowledge, it is believed that their technical expertise will be their guiding principle (Denhardt, 2011). Furthermore, bureaucrats get on the job training and special training for their jobs whose purpose is to equip them with the necessary skills that will enable them to make proper decisions (Denhardt, 2011). In addition, these bureaucrats are considered as professionals based on their educational backgrounds and experiences and people expect them to use their professional…

legal language into specific plans and organizational structures” (“Policymaking, Power, and Accountability in the Bureaucracy,” section 14.2 from the book 21st Century American Government and Politics). The three-way relationship among Congress, bureaucrats, and special interest lobby groups known as the “iron triangle” is also important during bureaucratic policymaking. Within this alliance, “members of the iron triangle work together to create policy that serves their interests” (SparkNotes…

is the administrative system governing any large institution1. Bureaucracy encompasses both public and private sector organizations that are large, hierarchically organized and highly specialized2. Public sector employees are derisively called bureaucrats. There are about 22 million public employees2. Public bureaucracy has a major part to play in setting the agenda, formulating health care policy and implementing health policy2. The primary…

There are many similarities and differences in the methods used to control politics between the Han China Empire and the Imperial Rome Empire during the Classical period. Han China started 206 B.C.E. and ended in 220 C.E. and Imperial Rome lasted from 31 B.C.E. to 476 C.E., and both had advanced social and political systems. Even though both empires had gone through many difficulties and severe changes, Imperial Rome Empire still kept many political and social aspects from the Roman Republic,…

Classical Asian politics, particularly that of China and India, were influenced by the religions and/or philosophies in their respective regions, being that China was strongly affected by Confucianism and Daoism and India by Hinduism and Buddhism. In China, Confucianism played a prominent role in the Chinese government by how it sought to rectify any sort of political disorder through an emphasis on virtuous behavior. As a result, most rulers tried to act neither greedy nor arrogant, but…

Bureaucracy, a political system where appointed officials govern over areas of land in a larger territory, was first instituted in China during the Qin dynasty, with Shi Huangdi as the emperor in charge of the system. However, under Shi Huangdi’s rule, China’s bureaucracy had several problems. These problems remained unsolved until the Han dynasty, which ruled after the downfall of Shi Huangdi’s government. Once the Han dynasty took charge in China, the issues surrounding the bureaucracy began…

article presented that bureaucratic responsiveness depended on not just professional judgments but also political influences from strong political parties and community organizations. In the case of OSHA, Scholz et al. (1991) further found that bureaucrats would respond to the local electoral politics even if encountering strict procedural guidelines and monitoring system from national offices. Constituency activities of elected officials at different levels would be able to provide substantial…