THE BUREAUCRACY

By:

1. Parth Raj-94

2. Rahul Kumar-111

BUREAUCRACY DEFINED A Bureaucracy is "a body of nonelective

government officials" and/or "an administrative policy-making group. "

An organizations with a hierarchical structure and specific responsibilities

An organizations which operate on management principles intended to enhance efficiency and effectiveness

HISTORY

WORD ORIGIN

The term "bureaucracy" is French in origin

 It combines of French word bureau – desk or office – with the Greek word  kratos – rule or political power

 It was coined sometime in the mid-1700s by the French economist Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay

CHARACTERISTICS OF BUREAUCRACY

S- SpecializationH-HierarchyR-RuleT-Technical competenceI-ImpersonalF-Formal written communication

ADVANTAGES AND PROBLEMS WITH THE BUREAUCRACY

THE ADVANTAGES OF BUREAUCRACY Bureaucracies are created and evolved

as a means to undertake the purposes and responsibilities of organizations. They provide:

• Standardization• Expertise and Competence• Accountability• Coordination

THE PROBLEMS OF BUREAUCRACYSize – Can institutions this large

effectively manage many of the tasks assigned them?

Coordination – Can agencies with offices throughout the country effective coordinate a single policy?

BUREAUCRATIC FUNCTION

THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BUREAUCRACY

Implementation

Regulation

Administration

IMPLEMENTATION

The executive branch is charged with the enforcement of the law, and agencies are largely the mechanism for this.

However, most statutes contain vague language, so in implementing the law agencies often have great discretion on its exact meaning.

REGULATIONS General statutory language can become the

basis for the bureaucracy’s development of its own precise rules, a form of agency-created law called regulations, which govern the topics under a particular agency’s jurisdiction

Statutes also specify the procedures that agencies must use in developing regulations

ADMINISTRATION

Michael lipsky is well know in the field of public administration

It is concerned with the implementation of government policies

Classic public administration underpinned by professional and politicians.