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Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy
Today's Bureaucracy
2 agencies contol the bureaucracy
Pendleton Act
Fourth Branch of the Government
administers the exams
hires new employees
Eliminated Patronage / Spoils System (Jackson)
involed an entirely new bureaucary each time a new
president took office.
* Not mentioned in the Constitution.
* Created and funded by Congress
* Most report to the president
Established a merit system for appointing federal offices.
Civil Service Commission - gives test to determine merit of a possible employee.
Conclusion
Basic Characteristics of a Bureaucracy
Origin of American Bureaucracy
* Heirarchical authority structure.
* Task specialization
* Extensive Rules
* Clear Goals
* Merit-Based Hiring and Promotion (not always the case)
* Impersonality Job preformance only
MAX WEBER
Washington requested the first three bureaucartic agencies.
* Department of Treasury
*Department of War
* Department of State
US Unique Bureaucracy
Divided Supervision:
* one branch is often played against another
* example of federalism
* federal agencies work with organizations at the state
and local level
*Hog Farm in Jasper
Public Scrunity
Regulation of businesses instead of ownership