bureaucracy Flashcards
bureaucracy
complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles of organization that is employed by all large scale institutions to coordinate the work of their personnel
3 principles of bureaucracy
hierarchical authority
job specialization
fixed rules
implementation
the efforts of departments and agencies to translate laws into specific bureaucratic rules and actions
quasi
semi or partial
treasury department
collects taxes, manages national debt, prints currency, and performs economic policy analysis
bureaucrats are members of the
civil services
civil service reform act of 1883
created a hiring system for bureaucracy based on merit
appointment powers
the president can appoint those loyal to them to head bureaucratic departments and agencies
oversight
the effort by congress to exercise control over the activities of executive agencies through hearings, investigations, and other techniques
police patrol
oversight involves regular or preemptive hearings
fire alarm oversight is prompted by
media attention or group complaints
inspector general
independent audit organizations located in most federal agencies
internal oversight
whistleblowers may report wrongdoing within federal agencies
regulatory capture
a form of government failure in which an agency becomes more concerned with served interest group and businesses than regulating them