Essays on Bureaucracies

Discussion Question Week 5

Discussion Question Week 5 Chapter 7. Mass customization of products has become a common approach in manufacturing organizations. Explain the ways in which mass customization can be applied to service firms as well. Mass customization is the technology of using mass production to assemble goods efficiently and cost-effectively, and at the same time designing the products to fit into individual customer’s demands and specifications. Mass customization is a very common practice in the manufacturing industry although it can also be applied to the service firms (Gardner, 2009). The primary objective of using mass customization is to provide goods ...

Question and Answer; Government

Things the Government Must Do The government has an obligation to carry out some actions in order to ensure that the country forges ahead. Firstly, any government has a duty to ensure that it has in place the various policies that empower women, in order to ensure that the women in their nations are empowered in all fields. Be it to protect them from the discrimination and abuses that they may encounter in their day to day lives. This should be among the major priorities that the government has to have in mind due to this being a global ...

Questions: The US Government

Questions: The US Government

Question One

The US chain of command does not provide a clear structure of control over bureaucracies. Some government agencies such as Internal Revenue Collection enjoy a substantial level of autonomy than other bureaucracies. The functions of a certain body have much say on the level of oversight control needed. Often, for impartiality and efficiency, it is important that a body is left alone to dispense its duties, and the defining line between demand for accountability and over interference is important. The principle of separations of powers is especially difficult to reconcile with the need to hold ...

Introduction

The issue of hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking” an innovation how to extract natural gas from minerals such as shale rock has become very controversial as of recently in the United States. Large sections of the United States especially in the Northeast have lots of shale rock which has caused many oil and gas companies naturally to extract the region’s resources. This over time has caused many conflicts between the oil companies, local residents as well as local, state and federal authorities. Many people question how safe of a process fracking is and what are the unknown ...

Innovation in Health Care

Abstract This paper explores innovations in healthcare and the barriers involved. Research includes the trials of political and managerial influences and how they promote or delay the execution of innovative health care. The benefits of innovative healthcare will be outlined as well as the challenges faced through barriers on many levels throughout business and political operations. Ultimately, the paper is in favor of innovative healthcare and advocates to enrich the reader on the overall importance of effective and rapid innovation in the medical sector. The paper also explores the weak points of the American health care system and references ...

Introduction

Since its inception, CloudFlare Inc. experienced exponential growth to the point of rivaling the main players in its industry. The innovative idea upon which the concept of the company was based, its customer value proposition, go-to-market plan, technology and operations management, and the cash flow formula all contributed to the growth of the company. However, the company was faced with several resignations over a short period. It was evidence that these resignations pointed to other underlying issues within the organization and its culture. An analysis of the problems in the company will lead to recommendations that form part of ...

Introduction

General motors’ has been a leading car manufacturer globally for decades. The company was established as a mass-market car producer. Over time, the company market share dwindled with the introduction of cheaper Japanese and Korean cars. Thus, it was forced to retract its competition in the SUV cars. Other companies were able to harness the benefits of economy of scales owing to their structures. General motors’ structure was segregated and composed of twelve companies each responsible for its own production and distribution with minimum collaborations. The company crisis peaked in the year 2008 when it reported a loss of $ ...

(a) A hierarchical structure and organization by functional specialty as enunciated by Weber’s principles of modern bureaucracy are two important facets of a government organization because they both serve as control tools in the efficient delivery of basic services to the public. Hierarchy represents the classic command-and-control relationship that is a defining feature in many organizational settings, including governments. A hierarchical structure permits those in the higher rung of the hierarchy to review the conduct of activities by those in the lower rung. It serves as a control tool that assures democratic accountability or to put it bluntly, ...

Business

Traditional bureaucracies are not designed to provide custom made products to individual customers. This is because traditional bureaucracies primarily have a traditional inclination. This means that they are more designed to giving the best possible results to the managing authority as opposed to making it easier for the customer to access certain services that may be relevant. This means that these traditional work frames are designed to meeting the needs of the managing authority and ensure that the managing authority has a very easy time all at the expense of the customer. The attention that should be paid to the customer ...

Explain how the people’s republic of china has managed to control the spread of terrorism within their borders. Has the Chinese government attempted to control religious groups? Have they been successful? Why or why not? Use at least one internet source in addition to the text to answer this question.

The people’s republic of china has been facing terrorism for many decades. The largest threat is the internal terrorism. The internal terrorism is mainly attacking the minorities in the country. The latest killing of Chinese people in the city of Kunming have taken many innocent lives. ...

Introduction

There are fundamental gender differences in organizational management styles, values, leadership strategies and policy preferences, which constitute barriers to women’s ascendancy to the highest levels of leadership. These differences not only condition women’s leadership/managerial styles, but also shape the effectiveness of any such styles, which in turn reflect on their participation in public administration. This paper distils the existent conceptual, theoretical and empirical models on public administration, gender disparities, and underlying factors that prevent women’s upward mobility as well as the subsequent effect on organizational outcomes. Ultimately, however, management and leadership styles in any context continue ...

Question 1

Bureaucracy is a method in which private and public sectors, governments and universities organize employees to work uniformly and in a compatible way through hierarchical individual role definition. The video starts with a man who confesses that he was a bureaucrat. According to him, bureaucratic organizations are deeply complex, and permanent with professional staff of higher expertise who differ in skills. The federal bureaucracy in American politics consists of the Executive, judicial and the legislature.

The legislature bureaucracy includes the congress and senate house; legal bureaucracy entails the court system, while the executive consists of the president, vice-president, and president's ex-office. The ...

1. Explain the role of each of the five components of Mintzberg’s logo.

a. Strategic apex

According to the arguments of Mintzberg, a strategic apex refers to the system that is characteristic in organizations where leadership lies with the top management. In such a system, all the power lies with the top managerial staff; often one person. In this case, this controller of power could be the sole owner of the business. Such bureaucratic establishments are also characteristic with flexible, informal and basic structures comprising of few staffs or middle-line hierarchy. In such a system, decision making regarding strategy and operations, as well as the coordination of operations are run by the top management class ( ...

Assignment Two

regulations, hierarchy, management according to written documentation (e.g. policies, procedures, and guides), office management, workers devoting all of their time to official activities, and the following of rules (Cengage Learning 54-55). Weber’s model does list the main constructs of the bureaucratic model. From personal experience, Weber’s model excludes the compartmentalization of departments or job functions. In the bureaucratic structure, workers within department A tend to become isolated from department B. Even though these departments may be interdependent, the implementation of interdependence and functional interdepartmental relations within the bureaucratic structure is poor.

Kristin’s reasons for relying on bureaucracy for protection are directly related to the

impressions that the public have about ...

Fire Investigators Roles

Introduction

Fire investigation is a detailed examination of incidences related to fire. Fire investigators usually begin their work to determine the origin and cause of the incident after fire fighters terminate the fire. A fire incident with injuries and deaths require more detailed information than other fires (IAAI, 2010). The scene of the fire is similar to that of other scenes but it provides a different intensity for the fire investigators. Fire investigators must determine the cause of the fire as well as deal with the injuries and fatalities. The investigators should deal with their emotions in such an incident as ...

Introduction

Globalization has opened up borders and rendered it possible for globally competitive companies such as Khmer Foods Group (KFG) to leverage the best that this new reality presents. However, mounting global operations necessitates managing difficult geopolitical, regulatory and cultural challenges, which, fortunately for KFG, should not be a challenge, given the company’s long experience and high standards. This report gives a detailed account of Brazil’s business environment, and assessment of its suitability for KFG’s purposes. The report includes an analysis of the economic, political, legal, cultural and ethical factors relevant to KFG’s possible operations in the country, ...

Part A

Description of the Situation Faslane started performing poorly due to leadership and structural loopholes that allowed the management and outsiders to interact in unprofessional ways and develop rifts. The employees could not share ideas due to fear of leakages and disputes from the political class. This threatened market position for Faslane; thus, the need for change and new management arose within Faslane. Howie and Craig undertook massive changes within the institution. They aimed at extending the management levels of the institution to involve other people within the system and developing quality market relations. This paper analyzes the concepts ...

Warehousing is a process that involves the storage of wares or merchandise in large scale, in an orderly and systematic manner, for the sole purpose of making them suitably available when they are needed. Ideally, it involves a preservation process of goods in bulk from the moment of purchase or manufacture up to the time when their need arises. Warehousing is one crucial component of trade that demands great mastery and dedication if trade is to be successful (Nelson, 2000). This is because it creates utility of time by providing an over pass between manufacture and final use of any good. ...

Dangerous minds is among the most appropriate films that depict the significance of teaching. The main character, Johnson Louanne applies her own teaching background to advance the continuity of the move. Louanne is depicted as an influential hero in the film and this can be attributed to her contributions in helping students to overcome challenges relating to their underprivileged surroundings. The plot of the film is organized in such a manner that it matches every of a teacher dedicated to transforming the lives of teenagers. Dangerous Minds is an ideal movie because it provided inspirations to many kids by encouraging ...

Law and social theory

Sociology has been linked with the way people live their daily lives. Many scholars have tried to explain the relationship between law and social theory. The most widely known scholars or sociologist who attempted to create a relationship between law and social theory would be. Marx who came with what has commonly come to be referred to Marxism and then mark weber who was a well-known sociologist. Their works had similarities and differences, but their aim in trying to figure out the relationship between law and social relations was similar.Max weber Conferring to weber work in his book economy and ...

Question 1

The US bureaucracy has faced a lot of criticism from its citizens, some viewing it as failed system whose mechanisms perpetrate incompetence and corruption in the pretext of serving the US citizens. However, Goodsell in his book, “The New Case for Bureaucracy” comes to the defense of the US bureaucracy, terming it as the most effective and efficient bureaucracies in the world.The central themes of this book revolve about bureaucracy, the citizens’ expectations from the bureaucracy and finally how anti-government ideas have reinforced the image of failed bureaucracy in the United States. I his defense of the US bureaucracy, Goodsell ...

Abstract

Federal bureaucracy is a source of concern in America. In the decision-making process, the average citizens have always been ignored. Most decisions are made by senior officials without taking into account the needs of the citizens. Because of this, there is need to give the citizens a chance to participate in decision-making processes. In the United States of America, federal bureaucracy is a norm rather than an exception. The decision-making process has been left for state officials, contrary to the rules of democracy. As a democratic country, it is surprising that citizens and their elected leaders do not participate in making decisions ...

Introduction

Transport for London (TFL) is a transportation agency created by the government in 2000 to manage the public transportation system. TFL is responsible for managing the London underground system, Docklands Light Railways (DLR), Tramlink, peripheral heavy rail, ticketing services, taxicab services, taxes, and road safety. As per the government ruling in the 1990s, in order to increase competition, private players were allowed an entry into the transportation market. 100% of the London underground, Tramlink and DLR are owned and operated by TFL, but London road transport consisting of bus and taxicab services is mostly contracted out to many national and ...

Introduction

Bureaucracy as a management of an organization by non-elected officials has long been there in society and firms since 20th century. This form of organization is prevalent both in the public and private sector. The evidence of techno-management or technology management being usurped by bureaucracy is plentiful. For example, techno-managers need for control and domination is evidenced by their language at work by use of words and phrases such as “how many people work for you?”, “subordinates,” “my people” and “staying on top of things,” etc. These indicate the necessity of separating bureaucracy from techno-management; while doing so, one encounters ...

QUESTION ONE:

Significance of Public administration This paper provides a critical reflection of the significance of effective public administration structures within the society. The content is developed from the aspects incorporated in “the blast in Centralia”. It is pertinent to note that public administration is a multidimensional aspect that is influenced by many stakeholders. Some of the concepts articulated include decision making processes, management, as well as implementation process. This is discussed within the context of multiple social, economic as well as economic changes. Within the present day society context public administration is influenced by both the public and the private ...

James Q. Wilson recommends what guiding principles in making for the most efficient and effective public organizations? How might these recommendations be applied to your understanding of a work organization with which you have had experience? James Q. Wilson states in his book that government agencies or the public organizations are those bureaucracies which run in numerous ways. But Wilson has emphasized that the public organizations are not like the private enterprises; the major reason is that they have not the aim of maximizing their profits and achieving their goals. Wilson has given two recommendations for the bureaucratic morass ...

Chapter 11 Review

On the issue of the size of federal service, the author provide figure to demonstrate that the size has been declining for the last 35 years, contrary to views expressed by politicians. Consequently, the fear that bureaucracies are expanding is misplaced because the number of people working for these agencies have been reducing. According to the author, the last time the public service was very large was in 1968 when there were 3.0 million civilian employees plus 6.0 military officers. The number declined to 2.8 million in 2010. Besides, the author argues that the ratio of federal employment to ...

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ISSUE AFFECTING FUTURE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN THE UNITED STATES

There are a number of issues affecting health delivery in the United States, both presently and in the future. However, the most significant issues that relates to healthcare delivery is insurance. Over forty five million American citizens are under insured, or they are completely uninsured. This means that these American citizens cannot access healthcare even when they are in desperate need of it. It is virtually impossible to get standard healthcare without significance backing in the form of insurance. Moreover, in the near future it will be completely unachievable for any uninsured citizen to get any medical attention at all ...

Executive Summary

Health policy is particularly unique and unlike public policy in other areas, has some characteristics that set it out as a special kind of policy. Perhaps this is the reason why it attracts substantial political attention. The interest groups of health policy – the patients, the professionals, the government, the policy makers, the government and the non-governmental bodies – are keener on the changes in such policy than are stakeholders of other forms of social policy. This report focuses on health policy, with special attention to the ideas fronted by Dutton (2013), for his coalition regarding the Medicare locals. The policy is ...

Management: Effective Teamwork in Healthcare

Effective Teamwork in Healthcare Statement of the Problem Cooperation and coordination among staff are essential in healthcare field, as they foster improved standards and performance. Healthcare professionals deal with the health of people, a sensitive professional as any error may have serious consequences on the patients. In this consideration, employers must work hard to foster a good working environment. Studies affirm that enhancing teamwork is a strategic approach of improving standards in the workplace (Sari et al, 2007). However, challenges in building effective teamwork presents affect service delivery in the healthcare sector. Effective teamwork would help in improving the health ...

Max Weber, Bureaucracy

Thesis: The main focus for Weber in this article was to convey concrete ideas about the office and the office management in all the jurisdictional areas. He has also enlightened the reader with the old and the modern ways of holding office and office duties. Weber lays stress on following rules and laws in the office. He also calls holding an office as an occupation towards which an employee shall be inclined to order to survive. “ There is the principle of fixed and official jurisdictional areas, which are genrally ordered by rules, that is , by laws or administrative ...

Introduction

In the introductory of the chapter, bureaucracy is presented as a body of non-elective officials who are in governance or involved in decision making policy. Bureaucracy is presented as a system that has drawn a lot of negative public reaction evidenced by the attitude people have developed towards it. The Americans have referred bureaucracy a stupid, complex, aggressiveness and self-interest system. It was not until the time of Max Weber and his publications of bureaucracy that people began to see the importance of bureaucratic administration which is opposed to democracy. Max weber observed that bureaucracy promoted the activities of the society and it ...

Introduction

Ever since Azerbaijan achieved its independence, it has enjoyed successful foreign policy relations with Russia in the region. However, Moscow/Baku relations have changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union, on occasion balancing or bandwagoning. In general, Azerbaijan is known with much renown as the only former Soviet republic that is neither ‘pro-Russian nor pro-Western'. The country has upheld cordial relationships with Moscow without sacrificing its economy, politics, and foreign policy to the demands of the Kremlin. One significant example of the independent decision-making of Azerbaijan is the recent disagreement between two countries of the leasing procedure of Russia ...

Leadership styles are premised on the philosophy of a particular leader. A leader is motivated into using a particular style due to the surrounding circumstances that prevail in his tenure. However, it should be appreciated that the overall organizational structure, the nature of the employees and the prevailing economic situations all in one way or another contribute to the leadership style. It is noteworthy that the style adopted to contribute to the efficiency of a leader; the ultimate the successful delivery of leadership in the organization is predicated on the style of leadership. This paper seeks to examine the leadership styles and ...

Any social, economic or political system that is based on organised structures and defined rules of engagement would entertain some form of bureaucracy. In the operations of the complex American political system, bureaucracy is entertained from the very onset. It is becomes a political controversy merely in relation to a different understanding and analysis by scholars and politicians alike. However, it should be appreciated that the American bureaucracy due to its complexity can be perceived in various levels and perspectives. The fact that the political system itself entertains two tiers of government, that is the federal and the state government, present ...

If Foucault was correct, then contemporary society really is an authoritarian, disciplinary state, although it is not necessarily clear that he is right, at least compared to what existed in the past. Nor is present-day society really all that decentralized, given the power of global corporations and powerful institutions like the World Trade Organization and International Monetary Fund. Most of the new technologies that exist really are under the control of large capitalist interests, which also control governments. In addition, the military power of states is certainly as great as it ever was, including the capacity to destroy the ...

Introduction

Face book is a social networking site that came into existence in 2004 (Locke, 2007). An individual has to sign up before accessing the site. It is a social utility platform where individuals create user profiles and by logging onto them, they are able to share information about themselves with their friends who have similar accounts on face book. The corporation has grown rapidly over the recent years in terms of users and capital capitalization. It boasts of a market capitalization of over 100 billion dollars. Even though it is a recent innovation, it has grown over a short period and is now larger ...

Maintained and Challenged by some Hospital Staff Members

Anthropology

The Ways that Prestige or Hierarchy is Produced, Maintained and Challenged by some Hospital Staff Members

A hospital’s main goal is to ensure the well-being of the patients. The doctor is most often perceived as the authority at the top of the hierarchy of hospital organization. After the doctors in perceived importance are the nurses and then lab technicians. Hierarchy is based on more than the professional titles of people in the organisation because the culture outside the hospital has an effect on the hospital organisation. There are other hierarchical patterns in the chain of power ...

Since the term was first used in the year 1982 by Keith Oliver, an expert in personnel management, no clear definition has been established for this concept that has turned out to be one of the most effective ways of actualizing the presumption that the 21st century is a customer century (Taylor 1). The concept, which started gaining prominence in the 1990s, is one of the most important techniques in contemporary business practice. Though there is no clear definition, the term can be said to mean a system of controlling the movement of work in progress, raw materials, finished products and ...

Problems arising from the discussion between the Chief of Police and the Patrol Department

Communication between the chief of police and the patrol department is a classic example of horizontal communication. It essentially entails the communication between superiors to their juniors and vice versa. As such, the communication could be faced with a number of problems. The need for the juniors to demonstrate respect and obedience for their superiors essentially disallows them from freely expressing themselves. In the police structure and organization, commands and orders ought to be taken unchallenged. This limits the extent to which the patrol department can challenge or question the communication from then police chief. In addition, the police chief, like ...

The concept of consumer protection can to be summarized as all efforts in developing structures and legal responses to outrage and crises developed by consumption of substandard products. Americans have in the past been subjected to consuming products that are a dangerous to the health. Once the dangerous nature of such products is known to the public, public outrage is usually the first response and such outrage is usually directed at any form of government, either federal or state. To this end, several government agencies and bureaucracies have been developed to address protection of consumers. These agencies have either federal ...

Executive summary

The need for water in developing countries is on the rise. This is evident by constant demand for water disinfection equipments by the developing countries. The rising population is a contributing factor as it strains the available water resources. An example of these countries is China whose population is constantly growing.

The necessity for improved water supply is the preferred option to ensure that its cities, towns, municipalities and villages do not lack this commodity. The Trojan Technologies comes in as the main provider of this solution to China. This is going to be an opportunity to use their technology ...

Change Agents,

Bureaucracy, Communications, Job Analysis

a) Successful change agent One of the most important attribute of a leader is being a change agent – improve process or improve products or design or inspire people.

The skills of a successful change agent according to Insight Outsight, 2007 include:

Ability to identify key issues An understanding of the product and process Problem solving abilities and ability for out of the box thinking Challenging existing paradigms Ability to exercise influence even in areas where there is little or no formal authority Remain effective even then things are difficult The most ...

Strategy for sustainable competitive advantage

Every organization’s corporate strategies are focused at developing a sustainable competitive advantage that will allow the company to continuously maintain and improve the enterprise’s competitiveness in the industry it is in. This enables the organization to stand strong despite competition or saturation of the market over a long time. An organization’s competitive advantage is said to exist if customers perceive the firm’s product or as superiors or better than that of its competitors. There are various sources of competitive advantage in organization. These sources revolve around an organization internal environment (Dess et al, 2005).

Dyer and Singh (Oct ...