Take each of Weber's seven characteristics of the bureaucratic model and apply them to a police organization in your geographic area. How many of them are applicable?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer should contain these potential items as they relate to a selected police organization:
1. The organization of officers follows the principle of hierarchy;
2. There is a right of appeal and of statement of grievances from the lower to the higher offices;
3. Specified areas of competence exist;
4. Official duties are bound by a system of rational rules, such as policies and procedures;
5. Administrative acts, decisions, and rules are recorded in writing;
6. The authority associated with a position is the property of the officer or job and not of the occupant of the position;
7. Employees are appointed on the basis of qualifications, and specialized training is necessary;
8. Organizational members do not own it

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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