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Institutions of American Government Module 4.3: The Bureaucracy Section 1: Introduction

What is Bureaucracy? Bureau: (from French burel: “desk”, “deskcloth”, “chest of drawers” Cracy: (from Greek kratos: “authority”) Authority by a chest of drawers?!

Nature & Purpose of Bureaucracy Bureaucracy: any large organization structured hierarchically to carry out specific functions. Purpose of Bureaucracy: efficient administration of rules, regulations, and policies. Public and Private Bureaucracies: Governments, businesses and other institutions such as colleges and universities perforce have bureaucracies.

Terms Often Applied to Bureaucracy Bloated Inefficient Red Tape Government Waste Standard Operating Procedures Complicated Labyrinth Rude Impersonal Unresponsive Big Government Inept Unproductive

Presidential Efforts to Curb Bureaucratic Growth

So, How Much of the Federal Government are we talking about? The Other Units of this Course

30 Years of Bureaucratic Growth Local State Federal What Americans believe Actual employment growth

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