Apply five of the principles of bureaucracy to today's police organizations

What will be an ideal response?


Main points – in the text there are fifteen concepts. The most popular ones that are cited are the following:
- Activities are distributed in a fixed way among patrol personnel, investigators, and administrators.
- Qualifications are needed in order to get appointed or promoted.
- There is a hierarchical system of supervisors and subordinates
- There are defined rules that are in writing.
- Being a police officer is generally a vocation and career.

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What will be an ideal response?

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In attacking the West, what is the prime agenda of the Islamic State?

a. Building a nation state. b. Eradicate U.S. presence in the Middle East c. Set up Islamic Caliphates and overthrow western democracies and secular states. d. Replace by force the Saudi Royal family.

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