Bureaucracy Book Reviews Samples For Students

Introduction

Elaine Kamarck seeks to explain the bureaucratic approaches in keeping with the information age economy. This argument, although it seems illogical, stems from the assertions that have risen from political leaders that suggest that the government in modern days has shifted from being the necessary solution to becoming a problem. Such statements will not be taken lightly by citizens who look up to the government to provide solutions to the many problems they face. One man who is against such an opinion is Kamarck. Largely, Kamarck supports the endeavors that the government takes in order to make the citizens feel ...

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 ...

Introduction

The End of Government as We Know It: Making Public Policy Work was published in 2007. The author argues that the current government structure in Washington will disintegrate in a number of years not to come to a crashing end but to embrace the new technologies in this information and technology era. This will lead to a reduction of the number of bureaucrats in the Washington offices and there will be a great reduction in those in the federal offices. All this will be influenced by the policy makers if they adopt the emerging technology in the workings of the government. The book ...

REGULATORS

Published in 2003, Cindy Skrzycki’s book entitled The Regulators: Anonymous Power Brokers in American Politics collates her interesting column articles in her widely-read Washington Post and Bloomberg column, The Regulators which has been into print for the more than 20 years. A seasoned journalist and columnist, Cindy Skrzycki puts together her most compelling and most controversial columns that tackled issues of regulation and the influence of various administrations in shaping the regulations.
Skrzycki’s book gathers her insights on different issues on the regulatory system in the Washington and its impact on the American citizens. In the ...

Summary of Book

Supportive Arguments

Sociological Significance of, ‘A paradise built in hell’

Sociology: Book Review- A Paradise Built in Hell
Introduction
In this book review of Rebecca Solnit’s novel, ‘A Paradise built in Hell’ will offer a Summary of the author’s projects of ‘A paradise built in Hell;’ an assessment of her point of views; an examination of the supporting arguments for the positron she has taken and the significance of her work from a sociological perspective.

Summary of Book

“A paradise built in hell” describes the writer’s philosophy of disasters being opportunities as well as oppressive experiences. She depicts these ...

Taking a brief political look on matters around the world, Russia is one of the countries that have been affected by various political sways that have even affected its governance, especially in the 20th century. One of the major reasons being the fact that it is the largest country across the world, achieving a stabilized political stand over the years hasn’t been easy for it, as it has been through attempted coup de tats, authoritarian and dictator leaderships and even bureaucracy in its rule of administration.
Over years, different approached have been used in pursuit for political liberalism. Achieving ...

Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K’ang-Hsi

China has a lot of history that many illustrious and prolific historians like Jonathan Spence have tried to explain in their books. Jonathan Spence is the author behind the fiction named the Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K’ang-Hsi. This is a very exciting fiction was written in the year of 1974. Jonathan has used the letters and historical records that K’ang Hsi had written in describing the later years of K’ang-Hsi, who is considered the great leader of that time. The book has been divided into chapters. ‘In Motion’ is the first chapter; this chapter depicts ...

Why Nations Faillooks to the past as well as today’s world in order to answer the age old question of why some nations prosper while others fail. Historically some countries’ citizens are considered wealthy, their nations in rich material goods, education and freedoms while and others are perceived a generally poor, or divided by lines of wealth and poverty.
It is obvious by looking at more universal factors of culture, weather, and geography that countries with similar external and internal factors can enjoy, or suffer different circumstances. North and South Korea and East and West Germany are evidence ...

In his description of himself, Baer acknowledges that he wasn’t born a patriot whose intention was to work for the CIA. He describes himself as a struggling student who had personal agendas (Baer, 2002). The book gives several accounts of what Baer describes as frustrations and mistakes he made while posted in Lebanon and India. The book also discusses the failings of the CIA. Baer gives the reasons for a failing CIA as: replacement of human intelligence with computer and satellite technology; a risk aversion approach by the agency that promoted bureaucratic practices and undermined intelligence gathering; and the prioritization of interests ...

Summary : Managing business ethicsLinda K. Trevino & Katherine A. Nelson. Wiley; 5th edition

Chapter 4 – Addressing individuals’ common ethical problems

Ethical issue when people work together (privacy, discrimination, sexual harassment or simply how people get along. Key is fairness meaning equity, reciprocity, impartiality
- Equitable is when something is divided between 2 people according to the worth & inputs of the 2 individuals. Most people think it’s unfair when 2 people have performed the same duty but receive a different share of the reward
- Reciprocity: “if you do this for me I’ll do this for you”. Most ppl think it’s unfair if ...

In many great companies, the Level 5 leader has been found to be the most important factor for the company’s factor. It is not because they are able to do a great job themselves. Rather, it is because they are able to bring together disciplined and talented people to do the task. The Level 5 Leader simply sets the way for all the others to do the work. Among the four stages or principles, the Level 5 Leader is the most important to understand and emulate in an education or school environment.
The Level 5 Leader is not ...

Book Review: The McDonaldization of Society

The golden arches of the McDonald’s logo make up of the most recognizable logos in the world. However, it’s not alone-- there are hundreds of internationally-recognizable logos, and the list continues to expand year after year. The rise of globalization and global corporations has had far-reaching consequences for people around the world. It’s nearly impossible, for instance, to visit somewhere in the world where Coca-Cola is not carried; similarly, there are McDonald’s in over 34,000 locations around the world, including rural areas of Africa and Asia. With the growth of fast, reliable transportation, there ...

The main points from the cooper reading

The cooper reading addresses many issues concerning responsible conduct within the public administration. The main points addressed by Cooper (2012) include the internal and external forces impacting on responsible behavior within the public domain, ethical dilemmas and ethics in situational contexts. These three main points address the extent to which legislation and other factors affect responsible conduct in public offices. According to chapter six of the cooper reading, legislation, media and codes of ethics are the main external forces affecting responsible behavior.

Summary of the article

The article Leadership, Ethics Focus of New UA Center concerns itself with moral conduct in a public sector ...