According to the concept of bounded rationality, decision makers __________
A) will choose the best response to a situation
B) will choose a response that is good enough to meet some minimal criteria
C) use historical analogies in responding to a situation
D) make choices within the boundaries established by groups within the government
Answer: B
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A. Municipal B. County C. District D. Justice of the peace
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Presidents and cabinet members can never be aware of every detailed operation of the government they head, even when the bureaucratic failure comes with such a great cost. 2. Unelected officials must decide what the law, circumstances, and common sense require of them in given situations, and after they exercise their best judgment, citizens and representatives proclaim that it is not what they wanted the bureaucracy to do. 3. Since the federal government left such a small footprint in the nineteenth century, party members had little interest influencing federal appointments in their states and districts. 4. Bureaucratic organization is found not just in governments but in modern business corporations and spiritual enterprises. 5. Hidden information refers to agents knowing things that principals do not.
Information is a central part of representative government because ______.
a. candidate access to political information is essential b. government control of information is critical c. citizens must have some knowledge of what their elected representatives are up to d. public information is of value to any governmental institution
Promotion of private efficiency, accountability to the president, and effective database are components of which government organizational concern?
a. choosing organizational criteria b. interagency coordination c. interagency conflict d. role of staff