Explain the advantages and disadvantages of rules in bureaucracies.
What will be an ideal response?
Rules ensure fairness in treatment of the public and accountability in carrying out assigned tasks. However, they stifle creativity and can lead to results that follow the rules at the expense of completing the department’s mission.
You might also like to view...
HMOs are examples of ______.
a. health care coverage b. managed care c. doctor-patient relationships d. home medical organizations
The _________ contains the people and organizations that a president tends to rely on most in managing the bureaucracy and governing, including the White House Office (WHO), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), National Security Council (NSC), and National Economic Council (NEC)
a. Executive Office of the President (EOP) c. cabinet b. State Department d. National Security Council
A government? in which the ruler fully controls government itself but largely stays out of religious and business institutions is
A. ?a democratic republic. B. ?a direct democracy. C. ?a representative democracy. D. ?totalitarian. E. ?authoritarian.
Theodore Roosevelt called the presidency a __________.
A. brash rostrum B. bully pulpit C. holy lectern D. dynamic soapbox