Compare and contrast the advocates and critics of public bureaucracies

What will be an ideal response?


Bureaucracies work toward stagnation. Innovation, creativity, and individuality are discouraged.
Career bureaucrats are rewarded with organizational power. Therefore, they look for activities that provide organizational power instead of solutions to problems.
Public bureaucracies do not face competition.
Within a bureaucracy, it is better to make a safe decision than the correct decision.
Bureaucratic organizations protect themselves when threatened with outside problems.
Bureaucrats postpone decisions under the guise of gathering information. Policies and procedures are more important than outcomes in bureaucracies. Centralized bureaucracy increases paperwork.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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