Routes of administration

Max Weber descried bureaucracies as, “a type of formal organization constituted to accomplish a specific goal, task, or production outcome in the most efficient manner (Weber, 1947). With that saying, each bureaucracy can be identified by five characteristics: a hierarchical authority structure, specialization (division of labor), written rules, written communications/records, and impersonality/replaceability. Some examples of bureaucracies are, large companies and businesses, organizations, as…

both other people and the political hierarchy helped bring more peace and order to the empire. Meanwhile, Confucius’s beliefs about how the government should treat its citizens were adopted by the ruling class, which led to a strong, yet fair, administration that made China even more powerful. By introducing bureaucracy based off of Confucian teachings, the Han dynasty was able incorporate the philosophy into everyday Chinese life, which resulted in a stronger, more fair…

exemplify unique criteria for democracy and bureaucracy, however some are more appropriate and closely related to these values than others. Bureaucracy and democracy differ in their management of balance. Bureaucracy as defined by LeMay is the “administration of large-scale organization through departments and their agencies (in government such subdivisions are often called Bureaus) that are managed by a set of appointing officials who follow established routines or “standard operating…

is a prominent issue in America when resources bought from the money of the people are being constantly wasted. It is common knowledge that there is an exponential growth in the amount of money being spent annually on resources by health care administrations, most of which ends up becoming useless. There are administrators assigned to writing policies that can help cut the spending budget in order to reduce wasted materials, but there has still been no drastic change. An article published by the…

In Chapter Five: “Public Management: The Structural Dimension” (pp.137-190) of Public Management: A Three-Dimensional Approach, Laurence Lynn and Carolyn Hill (2009) have gone deep into the understanding of the structural dimension of public management. The most prominent topics in relation to the focus of the book that have been discussed in this chapter include the section of defining the concept of structure. There is also a topic on evolution of the structural perspective that focuses on the…

there should be a dichotomy between the field of public administration and politics (Wilson, 10). Wilson also believed that the field of public administration held a higher role in society than most people gave it credit for, because of the way that its principles tied into the way politics progressed, not only was it cohesive with political life but it was also within it’s own separate sphere. (Wilson, 10). Wilson said that public administration should be ran as a business (Wilson, 10). Due…

The resources that street-level bureaucrats have to work are very inadequate. Yet, the demand from the public, or clients, is always increasing. As a result, street-level bureaucrats are constraints to the resources. Street-level bureaucrats also have broad discretion and that’s because of the constraints they are force upon. The resources that they have to work with also make the goals of street-level bureaucrats ambiguous and conflicting. Yet, street-level bureaucrats try to do their best,…

on an article published in the Public Administration Review (PAR) titled “Professionalism in Public Administration: Problems, Perspectives, and the Role of ASPA. Since the founding of public administration is graduate programs there has since then been an ongoing debate over whether pubic administration is or is not a profession. The answer still remains uncertain. This article examines the situation with respect to the professionalism of public administration. There are arguments discussed in…

social and political events of the late 1960 's challenged the value-neutrality of public administration scholarship; academic scholarship could not ignore the real-life discord of poverty, unemployment, and disease during periods of economic growth that were affecting the lives of people and creating mistrust in government. The reaction to those events was the rise of a self-proclaimed new Public Administration, a movement with an intellectual commitment to social equity and democratization of…

In Breaking the bargain, Donald Savoie explores the bargain between public servants, ministers, and parliament as they make up the administrative and political parts of Canadian governance. To be more precise, Savoie examines the “territory” between permanent and elected officials in bureaucracy and democracy within Canada (2003, p. 3). In terms of his thesis, Savoie’s central thesis is “the traditional bargain between politicians and public servants is coming unglued, and the space that was…