The Case for Bureaucracy: A Public Administration PolemicChatham House Publishers, 1994 - 226 pages Tables and Figures p. ix Preface p. xi 1 Bureaucracy Despised, Disparaged, and Defended p. 1 A Brief for Bureaucracy p. 3 A Bit of Bureaucratic History p. 7 The Academics Debate Bureaucracy: The Opponents p. 11 The Academics Debate Bureaucracy: The Supporters p. 18 2 What Citizens Experience from Bureaucracy p. 24 Surveying the Surveys p. 24 Reflections on the Surveys p. 31 Direct Performance Measures p. 33 Accomplishments of America p. 38 3 More Bureaucracy Myths to Delete p. 42 The Myth of Determinism p. 42 The Myth of Discrimination p. 46 The Business-Is-Better Myth p. 48 The Bureaucracy-Is-Backward Myth p. 54 4 Ask the Impossible of Bureaucracy? Easy! p. 59 No-Win Situations and Red Tape p. 60 When Many Governments Act p. 65 When Public Action Is Dispersed p. 71 Solve Those Problems! p. 81 5 Looking Closer at Those Bureaucrats p. 84 Their Representativeness p. 84 Their "Personality" p. 94 Their Motivations p. 101 Their Lesser-Known p. 107 6 Bureaucratic Bigness and Badness Reconsidered p. 112 The Size of Bureaucracy p. 112 Growth, Aging, and Badness p. 115 The Political Power of Bureaucracy p. 124 The Political Contributions of Bureaucracy p. 128 7 Fads and Fundamentals of Bureaucracy p. 139 The Case Recapitulated p. 139 The Reforms Reviewed p. 141 Bureaucracy's Fundamentals as Metaphor p. 157 Notes p. 163 Selected Books p. 185 Index p. 193. |
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... personnel or more . These constituted 14.1 percent of this employ- ment universe . Those employed in units of 5000 or more naturally made up a higher percentage of the whole , 22.7 . Somewhat less than half ( 44.8 per- cent ) worked in ...
... personnel or more . These constituted 14.1 percent of this employ- ment universe . Those employed in units of 5000 or more naturally made up a higher percentage of the whole , 22.7 . Somewhat less than half ( 44.8 per- cent ) worked in ...
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... personnel procedures.24 - Turning now to longitudinal research , Marshall Meyer examined struc- tural ... personnel code was used and promotion criteria were written . In support of theories linking age with size and extent of ...
... personnel procedures.24 - Turning now to longitudinal research , Marshall Meyer examined struc- tural ... personnel code was used and promotion criteria were written . In support of theories linking age with size and extent of ...
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... personnel code : 1966 55 % 71 % 73 % 1972 65 72 84 Written promotion criteria : 1966 49 % 68 % 67 % 1972 59 72 73 these years the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 was passed , which could have had a major effect on personnel ...
... personnel code : 1966 55 % 71 % 73 % 1972 65 72 84 Written promotion criteria : 1966 49 % 68 % 67 % 1972 59 72 73 these years the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 was passed , which could have had a major effect on personnel ...
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Bureaucracy Despised Disparaged and Defended | 1 |
What Citizens Experience from Bureaucracy | 25 |
More Suspicions and Surprises re Bureaucracy | 49 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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