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The Bureaucracy

The Bureaucracy. An Overview. Introduction. Tends to have a negative connotation Why? Waste, mindless rules, rigidity Bureaucracy : a system of organization and control that is based on hierarchal authority , job specialization , and formalized rules

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The Bureaucracy

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  1. The Bureaucracy An Overview

  2. Introduction • Tends to have a negative connotation • Why? • Waste, mindless rules, rigidity • Bureaucracy: a system of organization and control that is based on hierarchal authority, job specialization, and formalized rules • Ex: GM, the Catholic Church, public education

  3. Which bureaucratic agency do you think this is? Would you want to work here?

  4. An introduction • Constitutional basis found in Article II, reference to Exec. Departments • Has developed b/c of custom, tradition, and precedent • Bureau: desk of worker, cracy: form of govt. • 6 primary functions: • division of labor w/specialization

  5. An Introduction • 2. Allocation of function • 3. Allocation of responsibility • 4. Direct and indirect supervision • 5. Control on employment • 6. Careers are made within • 4 million federal employees? • 1/3 involved in defense agencies • Numbers are actually shrinking?

  6. In our daily lives… • Delivers mail, maintains forests and parks, admin. Social security, builds dams, develops defense, school lunch programs, regulates markets • They may be investigative, advisory, or reporting bodies Thank goodness for federal and state agencies.

  7. Cabinet Departments • 15 major administrative units • Top official is secretary • Vary in size and importance: • Dept. of state- smallest but most prestigious, D of D- largest work force, Dept of Treasury: no longer largest budget! • number of semiautonomous units: agencies or divisions

  8. Study the following four graphs!

  9. Why might the Dept. of Defense be so large?

  10. Three-step Interview “What changes would you make to both budget and personnel numbers of the departments (based on the four graphs)?”

  11. The First Cabinet

  12. Independent Executive Agencies • Resemble the cabinet, but have narrower resp. • Heads are appointed and report to the Prez • Agencies are divided into smaller units • Exist apart from cabinet as to not pose problems (symbolically and practically)

  13. Exec. Agency Examples • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) • NASA • General Services Administration (GSA)

  14. Regulatory Agencies • Created because Congress wanted close and continuous regulation of an economic activity • More time and expertise than Congress can provide • Beyond executive functions, have certain legislative & judicial functions • Older ones are “independent”…

  15. Regulatory Agencies • Freedom from ongoing political control • Appointed by President, but not subject to removal • Heads are commissioners • Ex: ICC, FTC, FDA, FCC, SEC, OSHA, EPA (name them)

  16. Government Corporations • Similar to private corporations b/c they charge for services and are governed by a board of directors • However, receive federal funding • Directors are appointed by the President w/ Senate approval

  17. Govt. Corporations • Examples: TVA, FDIC, Amtrak, and largest: United States Postal Service Provided by the NPS!

  18. People often complain about how dysfunctional and bloated the bureaucracy is, but do people really want to follow through making changes to it?

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