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Criticism of Bureaucracy
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Criticism of Bureaucracy
What is it?
Text book
Oxford
Merriam Webster
A system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
a system of administration marked by officialism, red tape, and proliferation
Wikipedia
A bureaucracy is "a body of non-elective government officials" and/or "an administrative policy-making group".[1] Historically, bureaucracy was government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected officials.[2] Today, bureaucracy is the administrative system governing any large institution
Background
It's as a old as the first organized state based civilizations e.g China, Greece, Persia, Egypt, Rome
Key People
Max Weber
Confucius
rule of man vs rule of law
good public officials
logic of civil reciprocity
nature of order in society
hierarchical organization
delineated lines of authority with fixed areas of activity
action taken on the basis of and recorded in, written laws
bureaucratic officials with expert training
rules implemented by neutral officials
career advancement depending on technical qualifications judged by organizations, not individuals
Karl Marx
bureaucracy is a cost to society that can be accepted insofar as it makes social order possible and maintains it by enforcing the rule of law
"Bureaucracy are the sails on the boat, the wind the leaders and everyone else the haul"
Deng Xiaoping
Stalin
Leadership
responsible for China today
Putin
industrialized soviet union in 10 years
Bob Hawke
& Pual Keating
Franklin D Roosevelt
always wins
massive economic reform
responsible for America becoming a super power
"Bureaucracy without leadership is like a sail boat without wind it doesn't do anything"
-Onu 2015
Waste
"the ability to use other peoples money leads to irrational spending'
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
F-35 stealth fighter
Duplicate services and departments
overspending
pointless spending
Red Tape
over complication
excessive regulation
rigid rules and procedures
economic costs of corruption
economic growth
cost of doing business
waste or inefficient use of resources
Corruption
damaging nature of corruption
corrodes public trust
undermines the rule of law
delegitimises the state
nation run by thieves or Kleptocracy
"Behavior that deviates from formal duties because of private gains"
fill out form
send form
wait 7 days till call back
finally get call back
Departmentalization
Separating functions of a bureaucracy into different parts
"left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing"
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