Cons of Bureaucracy: One of the major weaknesses of bureaucracy is that it would eliminate the autonomy that the workers are used to having by standardizing work procedures‚ and by adopting clearly defined rules that instruct that them on how to work in every possible situation. This ‘standardization’ leads to the formation of routine tasks‚ which may eventually lead to the creation of a dissatisfied work force due to low levels of job-enrichment and self-actualization being achieved from completing
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Proposal /Disaster Research Proposal Page 1 * My disaster paper will focus mainly on the direct and indirect effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans were made by the community and the state‚ which also affected New Orleans and surrounding areas. My initial research on this topic of Hurricane Katrina was that‚ although there was a slew of different aids and reliefs sent to New Orleans and other surrounding areas‚ there were periods where there wasn’t enough or too much time was taken so
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The bureaucracy I will discuss is the company for which I work. We are a large-scale pharmacy benefits manager. If you receive your medication through a home delivery program‚ there’s a good chance it’s through my employer. The company is headquartered in St. Louis‚ Missouri and has sites all over the country. My employer employs people at entry-level positions up to formally-trained and experienced‚ degreed professionals. The dysfunction in this bureaucracy is lack of communication between units
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Hurricane Katrina‚ to move to Houston. Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane that was very devastating. It ruined on sight everything it passed through. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane[->0] of the 2005 Atlan[->1]- tic oil platforms[->2] and caused the closure of nine refine- ries. The forestry industry in Mississippi was also affected‚ as million acres of forest lands were destroyed. The total loss to the forestry industry from Katrina is calculated
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Hurricane Katrina is one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States of America. It took thousands lives of citizens of New Orleans‚ left them without homes and families‚ and changed their lives forever. Many of those who survived the hurricane died waiting for help to come. Hurricane Katrina exposed the existence of ’’two Americas’’. It took government several days to get help to the victims of Katrina in New Orleans. After watching Spike Lee’s documentary ’’When The Levees
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Bureaucracy in India A bureaucracy is "a body of nonelective government officials" and/or "an administrative policy-making group."Historically‚ bureaucracy referred to government administration managed by departments staffed with nonelected officials.In modern parlance‚ bureaucracy refers to the administrative system governing any large institution. Since being coined‚ the word "bureaucracy" has developed negative connotations for some.[9] Bureaucracies are criticized for their complexity‚ their
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Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. One of the five deadliest hurricanes‚ in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes‚ it was the sixth strongest overall. 1‚836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods. Property damage was estimated at $81 billion. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005 and crossed southern Florida‚ causing
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the nearby lakes from Hurricane Katrina. The failure of the levees caused the water to rapidly breach the area and become contaminated with the city ’s sewage‚ chemicals‚ medical wastes and human remains which the city then pumped into the nearby lakes greatly destroying much of their ecosystem. During and following Katrina‚ water carrying all types of contaminants was pumped in to any available destination‚ as long as it didn’t submerge the city. Aside from Katrina wreaking havoc‚ one of the biggest
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Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Katrina Jackson SCI/362 May 1‚ 2013 Dr. Lesia Williams Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Introduction It was an extremely devastating morning on August 29‚ 2005 when Hurricane Katrina affected southeast Louisiana and caused what would become one of the worst tragedies that ever happened to any American city. The hurricane caused water to overtop the floodwalls and levees along the coast throughout southeast Louisiana‚ and also stimulated
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SURNAME: KAILE NAME: BOITSHWARO LECTURER: MR SAULOS QUESSION 2: Discuss characteristics of a bureaucratic school/ organization. DUE DATE: 08/10/2014 According to Haralambos and Holborn (1995) “a bureaucracy is concerned with the business of administration with controlling‚ managing and coordinating a complex series of tasks” (p: 270). Therefore‚ the aim of this essay is to discuss the characteristics of a bureaucratic school/ organization and they are as follows: specialization‚
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