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provide useful information to the committees and the agencies‚ provide campaign support for the relevant Congressmen‚ and often help to mobilize public opinion in favor of larger appropriations and expanded programs for "their" part of the government bureaucracy. In return‚ they tend to be consulted and carefully placated when new laws or administrative regulations or important appointments affecting their special interests are being made. These triangles are said to be "strong as iron" in that these mutually
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Administrator is such that whoever assumes the position needs to be a person who is capable of multi-tasking‚ an aggressive outside the box thinker who can address current issues and agendas while running a public department. The benefit of a restricted bureaucracy allows for the public administrator to only hone in on their little piece of the pie. Being responsible for only what is listed in their job description‚ being technically responsible for that area only without overlapping responsibility for other
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Organizational Behavior deals with the study and application of knowledge of human behavior within an organization. There are various approaches to study these organizational behaviors: 1. Interdisciplinary Approach - This study approach integrates varied disciplines like social sciences and various disciplines that can contribute to the Organizational Behavior. It draws ideas that will improve the relationships between people and organization from these disciplines. Organizations must have people
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decides that it is his personal responsibility to attempt to find out where this creature belongs. Shaun Tan wrote this book primarily to entertain and amuse his audience; however‚ he also included various controversial comments on the power of bureaucracy and various other social concerns. Although‚ the simple sentences and an even simplistic storyline suggest this book is set for the older primary aged children‚ however‚ the complex issues and concerns raised by the book allude to the fact that
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2. Can the institution of Lokpal reduce corruption in India? Corruption is a universal phenomenon. No society is free from it. As far back as 200 b.c.‚ Kautilya had defined and identified different varieties of corruption and had lamented that‚ “Just as it is impossible not to taste the honey that finds itself at the tip of tongue‚ its impossible for the government servant not to eat up a bit of king’s revenue‚ Just as it is impossible to detect whether a fish swimming through water drinks it or
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Mechanistic Organization Structures The mechanistic view of an organization began with the industrial revolution. The view is a reflection of society’s radical change from a rural agricultural base to one more impersonally based on centralized urban industry employing great numbers of people. The first changes began in the late 1600’s and early 1700’s with rudimentary machines replacing manual labor or accomplishing things not previously possible because of size‚ weight‚ or sheer numbers
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riesORGANISATION THEORIES A Theory is a set of inter related concepts‚ definitions & propositions that present a systematic view of phenomena. It also specifies the relationship among variables with purpose of explaining and predicting the phenomena. “Organization theory refers to the study of the phenomena of organizational functioning and performance and of the behavior of Groups and individuals working in them.” The main theories which seek to study the organization are: * Classical
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taken these vows seriously. The paper will give identify and explain steps the public administrator in the incident could have taken to de-escalate the situation. The paper will also analyze and discuss the motivations toward the Constitution‚ bureaucracy‚ and obligation. Finally‚ insight will be given on other options the administrator could have executed to hopefully secure a different outcome. An Examination of the Challenges Faced by a Public Administrator Introduction Public Administration
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Bureaucracy and Democracy Assuming that the court’s interpretation of the law was accurate‚ do you believe that the state’s power to regulate in these matters should outweigh the federal government’s right to do so? What‚ if anything‚ should be done? No I do not think the state’s power to regulate in these matters should outweigh the federal government. Independent Agencies help execute policy or provide special services. Independent Agencies also exist outside of the departments
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