Bureaucracy In The Military

The history of the bureaucracy dates back to when our country was first founded. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson set the bar for civil service. Washington knew that the people he appointed would be in important governmental positions, so he had to choose wisely. As time passed the system became more corrupted. Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to those who supported his campaign. After Andrew Jackson, the civil war was fought, therefore

The text describes a bureaucracy as a large, complex organization composed of appointed officials. The departments and agencies of the US government make up the federal bureaucracy. The federal bureaucracy has 15 federal cabinet departments with about 2 million full-time employees. (Wilson et al, 290)

What is a bureaucracy? Tolbert and Hall (2009) describe in the text, a large formal organization with the characteristics of having, a division of labor, a hierarchy of authority, a set of written rules, resources that are clearly separated from home and the organization, and group of members who are appointed according to qualifications (P. 22). These were the key elements Max Weber, a German scholar described for an ideal type of bureaucracy.

An example of a bureaucracy would be the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI has special agents of different origin like cyber crime, bank fraud, homicide, human and drug trafficking, in addition to forensic psychologists, psychiatrists and biologists. The agents with the most time in the bureau have higher positions, with director of FBI being the highest of this government agency. The director of the FBI has a massive amount of responsibility because he receives orders from the President of the U.S. and is chosen to address the press.

The United States bureaucracy has worked under two systems. The early bureaucracy conducted under the patronage system a.k.a “the spoils system”. The patronage system is about giving government jobs to family, friends, and political supporters. The spoils system meant that government jobs were used to support politicians and the political parties. In the early 19th century, government jobs were given to people and held by them at the pleasure of elected officials (President, Governor, Mayor, etc.) Under the patronage system no requirement to prove a person is qualified for a government job. A person could be fired from the government at any time for any reason. Basically, this system was the “wild west”, full with conflicts of interest coupled

The Bureaucracy was created by the framers to guarantee limited and responsible government. The constitutional framework was designed to do this, but a lot of the framework isn’t even apart of our federal Bureaucracy today. This is because of the separation of powers that the Congress, The President, and the Judiciary branch has or is fighting for the total power of the administrative branch.

When talking about the US Navy the word bureaucratic might come to mind. That would be correct, because if you had to know every single Sailor in the Navy you might have to send to war it might make the decision harder. The first characteristic of a bureaucracy is impersonal. The ironic thing about that it could almost characterized as militaristic. Another characteristic is the structure and it seems as though when defined that is taking a page out of the military hand book. Also, it talks about power that “Decisions about company policy, personnel decisions and financial objectives are made by the highest ranking leaders. Procedures are in place that direct most decisions upward to these leaders where all important actions take place. Slowness in decision making is typical in bureaucratic companies, and hands-on management techniques apply at all levels.”(Chron, 2016) These ideals might sound like they are all negative, but when dealing with worldwide consequences it is considered appropriate. The Navy provides policies

Bureaucracy involves non-elected agents that are often seen as the “worker bees” of government such as those in civil service. They execute the law through an organized structure that maintains specific functions, rules, and procedures. They must not be taken for granted. One example of the use of regulations would be the FDA’s role to ensure American health through appropriate regulation of new medication. Through the effective hierarchal organization, duties are completed faster and more efficiently. Some also argue that bureaucracy decreases room for favoritism and all have equal opportunity. For example, all students applying for loans will have their application reviewed, thus creating an equal opportunity for all. Similarly, bureaucracy allows for the hiring of expert officials who show merit and gives the opportunity to be promoted. While they are not involved the process of policy

The bureaucracy comes from four different areas: Cabinet departments, government corporations, independent executive agencies, and independent regulatory commissions. Most of the bureaucracy is from the Cabinet departments

When I first learnt about the world Bureaucracy and looked up the definition, it sounded clear cut to that the president is in charge or should be in charge of his constituent. Looking at the current polls, the president right now is not in good terms with the congress let alone the whole/federal bureaucracy. When it comes to my thoughts towards the presidents control over the bureaucracy, I don’t not believe have control over bureaucracy. I say so because there that has to be taken into account when talking about Bureaucracy. According to the textbook, they hinted to the fact that bureaucracy can range from postal service to drilling and when taking all the bureaucracy individual, government and polices into account, it is just too much

Bureaucracy is like running a business corporation. There are the Congress and President that acts like a boss or owner of the company by having oversight and implementing rules in their business. Businesses also needs money to keep it going and to pay workers, and those shareholders are the people who pay taxes to be used in the “business world” of bureaucracy. However, this system of government has multiple issues and problems that keeps it from being efficient with the work that has to be carried out. The tension from politicians and professionals, making bureaucracy independent, and politicians having greater control has its goods and bad.

In today’s modern society the bureaucracy system is very well used in many work fields. This form of set up is depended on when that particular work setting needs to be administratively organize as it involves a vast number of employees that depend on one another. Most organizations truly need this system to be able to function as it assists in assuring that a large group of people working with each other in a suited way and clarifying everyone 's responsibility within a hierarchy. Universities are one of the most known public sector to use the bureaucracy system. Without this system present within a university, the capability of educating 20,000 plus students is seen as impossible. Being a student assistant for the department of Educational Psychology and Counseling here at California State University of Northridge I 'm able to witness and experience the bureaucracy system myself.

Bureaucracy is the division of day to day work between several large administrative agencies. In America bureaucracy is found in all the levels of government national, state, and local. Bureaucracy has four characteristics a clear hierarchy, specialization, a division of labor and standard operating procedures. The head of the American bureaucracy is the president. There are three primary functions of a bureaucracy. It implements laws and policies made by officials. It also provides administrative functions, such as issues permits and licenses and collecting fees. The last function is to regulate government activities by determining rules and regulations to clarify how laws work on a daily basis. There are main types of administrations in the

Abstract: The theory of bureaucracy was proposed and published by Marx Weber (1947). Although there are some studies on this perspective were discussed before him, those theories did not form as systematic theory. After Weber, the issue of bureaucracy becomes a hot topic in the field of social organization. Almost all well-known scholars such as Martin and Henri have published their views on it. Bureaucracy adapted as the traditional organizational model during industrial society, essentially, bureaucracy could exist rational. This essay firstly will review the principle of bureaucracy in organization based on organizational design perspective. Secondly, it will analyze the strengths and weakness of

The word Bureau means office and Kracy means usage. So, bureaucracy refers to a form of social organization which is managed by strict rules and regulation and which has a goal of achieving technical superiority over any social organization. But