Street-level bureaucracy

Robbins and Judge 2009 comment that bureaucracy refers to specialization and employees following specified rules and a regulation within their designated departments and the decision-making process relies on the chain of command, a centralization approach (pg. 527). Our text points out a problem with bureaucracy in relation to group theory whereby there is an obsessive concern for following the rules (pg. 528). This issue…

“Organizational structure may be seen as ‘an arrangement of roles used in organizations to focus power, responsibility and accountability’ (Brophy et al., 2005, p. 29), the relationship between individuals, tasks and corresponding authority and responsibility levels, as well as work principles and norms” (Donaldson, 1996). According to Robbins and Judge (2009) organizational structure is comprised of six parts: (1) work specialization, (2) departmentalization, (3) chain of command (4) span of…

BUREAUCRATIC MANAGEMENT THOUGHT This theory was given by Max Weber. Bureaucracy (a term widely used in govt. organizations) is an administrative system which is designed to accomplish large scale administrative tasks by systematically coordinating the work of many individuals. Max Weber has indentified three types of powers in the organizations: traditional, charismatic and rational-legal. He named rational legal power as bureaucratic power and claimed it to be the ideal type of power in the…

Staffing in TATA STEEL Requirement of staff in TATA group consist of range of disciplines. Right from pure sciences to applied engineering to management skills. TATA STEEL implement its own strategies for recruitment according to their vision and goals of organisation as a whole Division movement is part of leadership movement in TATA STEEL. Managers are exposed to different business scenarios, different functions and industry division enabling to broaden their horizon and knowledge. To recharge…

Communication The two types of communication are formal and informal. The communication in which the flow of information is already defined is termed as Formal Communication. The communication follows a hierarchical chain of command which is established by the organization itself. (http://keydifferences.com/difference-between-formal-and-informal-communication.html#ixzz4QePrhecK)The communication which does not follow any pre-defined channel for the transmission of information is known as…

Japan is generally thought of as a nation with deep cultural values that are embedded in its business culture as well. Hard work with an emphasis on quality has always been a key feature in Japanese businesses that drove economic growth in the late twentieth century. With an economy once projected to take over the United States as the largest economy in the world, the perception of business in Japan has always been positive. According to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index…

who is continuously failed by the systems put in place to keep society running smoothly. The way that bureaucracy functions in society is oppressive and evil. Though Akaky is a hard working citizen, and he is never rewarded for his efforts. After Akaky struggles to purchase his new coat, bureaucracy fails him again as it is stolen and he is left helpless. Within the story, Gogol criticizes bureaucracy in several forms, from Akaky’s job and coworkers, to buying his coat, and the police. Although…

Bureaucracies Try to imagine the affect on the United States without places such as the Centers for Disease Control, NASA, U.S. Army, police departments, Coast Guard, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Social Security Administration, and the State Department. These organizations are essential to our government and our society in the United States. All though they are all distinct in their own ways,…

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…

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…