Essays on Bureaucracy

Introduction

In modern democracies in general and American in particular, the key principles to constitutional democracy is the separation of powers and rule of law. These principles are damaged by the administrative state where much power is vested in unelected government officials or bureaucrats. In a political system with separation of powers like that of the United States of America, the constitution divides policy making powers among the three branches of government. The Congress is charged with the responsibility of making laws, the executive branch is charged with the implementation of the laws formulated by Congress while the judiciary interprets Continue reading...

Introduction

The objective of this study is to evaluate the different leadership behaviors at organizations around the world. In addition, the study focuses on revealing the importance of effective leadership to help an organization to achieve the desired success. Leadership has become an integral part of an organization due to which examples of two leadership styles at different organizations have been taken into consideration. It is important to acknowledge here that the subordinates tend to follow what is done by the leader. For this reason, it is important for the leaders to pursue healthy and productive behavior. The behavioral approach Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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Lt. Governor Spencer J. Cox-Utah and Emergency Response
Lt. Go Cox, the Vice-president of a small telecommunications company, addressed some of the communications-related obstacles as well as problems with the management of volunteers, which needed to be overcome in Sanpete County after the fire at Woodhallow. He was able to help open communications lines for emergency responders. Furthermore, he pointed out the problem that community leaders and emergency responders have had with failing to use resources or "assets at their fingertips" without knowing who would incur a cost. He also mentioned social media's reach to the community-at-large, Continue reading...

Abstract

Organizational structure influences the service delivery of the organization. Different organizational structures are used in healthcare organizations. These include bureaucratic structure, matrix, flat structure and hybrid organizational structure. Common in most health organizations is the bureaucratic structure that uses a top-down approach of management. However, due to certain challenges, organizations are using a hybrid organizational structure, as it eliminates the problems of using a single organizational structure.

Bureaucratic Organizations

A bureaucratic organizational structure consists of four basic characteristics. According to Finkelman and Kenner (2013), division of labor is a distinguishing characteristic of bureaucratic organization. Division of labor involves the specialization of Continue reading...

Introduction

Environmental laws entail different treaties and laws which aim at protecting the environment. The laws include complex interlocking bodies which operate in an attempt to regulate how the human interrelate with the environment. The laws aim at reducing natural and human effects on the environment.
The laws on environment are, however, seen to create controversies when they tend to limit certain businesses, or regulate companies on what they are used to do. The limitations and stoppage limit or stops production of what was initially produced hence limiting consumption. Environmental laws become painful to deal with leading to a backlash Continue reading...

Management Case Study – Somebody has to be let go

Introduction
Having Health Systems (HS) or Health Service Organizations (HSOs) as clients can be tough and challenging. Often, a manager is left with the responsibility of redesigning the organization of the consulting firm based on the demands of the HS and HSO clients. Ever-changing rules and regulations such as the newly ratified Affordable Care Act (ACA) has required HSs and HSOs to have to adapt, and in turn, affect the flow of operations and the stability of consulting firms. Another common result of common changes in the HS and HSO industry would be the reduction in reimbursements as a Continue reading...

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The public sector corruption is an impediment to economic growth and advancement and a focal barrier to effective service delivery. This paper will provide the findings of a chronological review on micro level anti-corruption strategies’ effectiveness that receive implementation in some of the developing countries. The narrative synthesis approach will be employed to synthesize the extracted data. The review will focus on the significance between interventions that created a change in the system’s underlying rules and those that utilized incentives and monitoring mechanisms. Incentive based and monitoring interventions either non-financial or financial have a corruption reduction potential, even Continue reading...

Having a big government does not in any way mean that the country has a better government. The main reasons why small governments are better than big governments is because in small governments, there is less corruption. Having big governments means having more departments. It is hard for the authority in charge of the departments to dispense their duty well, in terms of ebbing corruption, since they are hard to manage. However, small governments are easy to manage since they have fewer departments, hence transparency and accountability. In addition, it is easy to deliver services to the citizens in Continue reading...

Introduction

In the course of time, there has been a substantive increase in the number of people using the internet globally. The internet serves as a platform that facilitates the realization of a wide range of objectives. There are countries that appreciate the essence of the internet thus they have included the access to the internet as part of their constitutional rights. Nations that are characterized by a relatively high level of internet penetration record higher levels of growth than countries that are embodied by comparatively low levels of internet penetration. This serves as an indicator of the rate of Continue reading...

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 and Continue reading...

Introduction

Switching the United States’ current income tax system would benefit the country as a whole. Therefore, variations of the flat tax that are proposed, some of which set a percentage on income while others set a percentage on sales tax. Those arguing in favour of such tax reforms contend that it will eliminate the complexity of our current system and the loopholes. This will contribute towards boosting of the economy. One such proposal, on which a number of books have been written, is called Fairtax. This is a flat rate sales tax only on new items. For example, if Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

The Bourgeois society sprouted from the ruins of feudal society, which comprised class antagonisms. From the serfs in the Renaissance there came the chartered burghers of the earliest towns, which gave rise to the first elements of the bourgeois. The Bourgeois played a significant role as a driver of change, which transformed society in the Renaissance. Rulers established it in order to challenge feudal lord’s authority that rebelled against them. In order to motivate middle class, the rulers gave them charters to trade in foreign countries and take the responsibility of the administration cities established.
Gradually, the rising Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Introduction

Nurses have a long process of transition from the time they are undergraduate students in nursing schools to the time of being graduate nurses. This is a time when the graduate nurses face many challenges regarding their job. It is crucial for the nurses to develop ways of coping with these challenges, and the best way to do this is by coming up with relevant strategies to help them cope with these issues (Cowen &Moorhead, 2011 p. 612).This requires intense processes of socialization where they get to meet different people in the health profession who will have different Continue reading...

Management and Leadership Development

Introduction
Competitions among organizations are tight these days. The success or failure of the company’s market edge in the industry largely depends on the effectiveness of their respective management teams. Management effectiveness includes, but is not limited to, creativeness and the ability to think outside of the box. Resourcefulness and strategic skills are essential in determining ways to outsmart the competitors in today’s global industry. In this paper, readers would get to learn about the techniques and strategies to manage global organizations effectively. Readers will learn the competitors’ edge over one company in relation to management and Continue reading...

Lindblom is not too pessimistic regarding the ability of the administrators to make profound ‘big’ choices that will change or reshape their external environments. Lindblom considers the administrators too afraid of making choices to the extent that they find every approach that is meant to alter their external environments insecure. This means that Lindblom considers the administrators as a hindrance to the sustainable growth of public institutions. He further considers public administrators to be incredibly limited in their scope because of the political environment that exists in both private and public administration (Stillman, 2009, p. ). Lindblom suggests that the Continue reading...

Woman in the dunes

The ‘woman in the dunes’ is a 1964 Japanese film whose director is Hiroshi Teshigara. It is a world class film to watch that captures the viewer’s attention with its very first scene. The main characters are Eiji Okada and Kyoko Kishida. The plot of this film is also well planned and acted out in a logical order. Eiji, a school teacher, is out on an exploration to get some insects that live in the sand dunes. It is in this escapade that he misses the last bus that leaves the village and the villagers convince him to Continue reading...

The World Bank is now the world’s largest external funder of health, committing more than $1 billion annually in new lending to improve health, nutrition, and population in developing countries. Pakistan is a developing country and in order to make its economy strong it has to seek assistance from the international financial institutions such as International Monetary Fund or IMF and World Bank. The purpose of IMF is to promote the monetary help and corporation at international level and provide advice on policy matters and technical assistance in order to help the countries for building and maintaining stronger Continue reading...

Introduction and Review

Background
This paper will focus on a systematic review to determine the barriers of implementing TQM approach in health care organizations. Today, there is a need for realizing the TQM concept, essential in indicating the function of organizations, by trying to better put in use resources, and knowledge through individuals sharing and working together in teams. This is by identifying the obstacles hence, helps in the uncovering of management's beliefs, important in developing awareness of duties in daily management, which are regarded as “true”. TQM is a philosophy that proposes uniform obligation to quality, in all organizational areas towards Continue reading...

The development of Russia had many historical turning points. These changes were mainly connected with such political figures as Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin. The Soviet economy depended on mostly political decisions but not economic programs. Although the basic economic system in Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev eras remained unchanged, there were some peculiarities in these periods. The effect of Stalin’s policy had a profound impact on people and the state. In 1928, the Communists instituted the first Five-Year Plan. It dealt with such aspects of development as an industry, consumer goods, agriculture, transportation, communications, health, education, Continue reading...

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 one Continue reading...

Management – Maritime Administration

Introduction 3

Benefits and Challenges Associated with Port State Control 5
Port State Control MOU 8
Discussion and Comparison of various existing port State control MOUs 11
MOUs and whether they help strengthen Port State Control or just another layer of bureaucracy 12
Conclusions 14

References 16

Introduction
The International Maritime Organization is one of the many branches formed after the birth of the United Nations. It was originally known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization when it was first established in Geneva in 1948; the International Maritime Organization (IMO) retained that name until 1982 when several amendments to the organization’ Continue reading...

Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 is arguably one of the most influential books of its time. Written during a very difficult period in Heller’s life, the novel captures what was to be a pivotal moment for American culture, as well as American history. Catch-22 follows Captain John Yossarian as he peels back the traditional heroism of war to reveal sheer madness. With heavy notes of satire, Heller presents several different themes throughout the novel as we see Yossarian thrust into the insane trappings of a real catch-22, sometimes masking the symbolism of what the book really stands for, which Continue reading...

Cooper in, Safeguarding Ethical Autonomy in Organizations: Dealing with Unethical Superiors and Organizations and Gawthrop in, Democracy, Bureaucracy and the Common Good, bring out critical issues that face administrators in the day to day dispensation in the public service. The common thread across the works is the need to conduct oneself for the overall good of the people. In fact, Cooper captures this succinctly in his recognition and appreciation of the fact that public administrators have a Constitutional and statutory obligation to protect the interests of the citizenry. In that context, according to Cooper’s narrative, it is instructive Continue reading...

Introduction3

1.1 Purpose of Report..3
1.2 Outline Structure3
2.1 A structured reflection based on Kolb’s Learning Cycle..4
2.2 Peer Review6
3.1 Discussion of the significance of Organizational culture upon the employees with reference to organizational structure.7
3.2 Peer Review.10
4.1 Workforce Planning Presentation..10
4.2 Peer Review.12
5.1 Conclusion13
5.2 Future Plans.13

References .14

Managing People and Organizations
Introduction
Throughout this course, the class has presented with several vital information that will help to progress in the workplace and beyond. The information that has sustained in the following development of my career path is Kolb’s Learning Cycle. The world is constantly Continue reading...

English

A Comparison of Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” to Kafka’s “The Castle”
How does one define an adult? The simplest way to answer this is to oppose the concept of adulthood to that of childhood. So an adult is someone who has stopped being a child. But, in this regard, another completely justified question arises – how does one define a child?
It seems simple enough from all standpoints: a child is an immature person, meaning he is yet to reach maturity due to his age. Therefore, the difference between a child and an adult is greatly dependent upon the Continue reading...

Abstract

Over the past years, various arguments and theories have been made on the supremacy of either of the two roles played by leadership and management. Different scholarly articles and literature have been made by different people but most of them tend to support the dominance of leadership on management. This may be true, However, in order to support this assumptions and conclusions made we will take a deep review of the same in this article. This article will try to contrast and compare leadership and management and what each entails. Different articles have been postulated about this primacy of Continue reading...

Introduction

It is a fact that the society in general has attempted to use different strategies to modify the distribution and circulation of movies. Some of these strategies have involved the tweaking of cinematographic techniques to advance the themes and aesthetic aspects of the movie, as a way of increasing film sales. Others have involved modifying the themes in the movie industry to penetrate the market and to conscientize the society towards a desired end. In itself, allegorization refers to the use of symbolic actions and figures or generalizations on human existence in literary works. Normally, allegorization is used to Continue reading...

Leadership Style: How Are Leaders Leading In The 21st Century?

Currently, Larry Page is the chief executive to Google. He is likewise a Co-founder of the company. His responsibility entails leading technology strategy and company`s product development as well as running the day to day operations of Google. While at Stanford University pursuing a Ph.D. Larry Page co-founded the company with Sergey Brin. He holds an engineering bachelor`s degree from the University of Michigan and from Stanford University, and he has a computer science master`s Degree (Schmidt, 2014).
Larry Page has a unique leadership style and philosophy that he uses to run Google. One was paying Continue reading...

Introduction

Organizational Behavior or OB is an emerging science that deals with the study of how people act and behave in an organization. For the same reason, the theories behind OB are closely related with social psychology as it deals with individuals and organizational behavior and how they are interrelated with each other. Owing to its psychological framework, OB has a wide scope as it encompass a variety of organizational studies such as organizational performance, employee motivation, leadership, team building, organizational structures an organizational management among many other organizational disciplines. The purpose of this paper is to determine how OB Continue reading...

Business Project – Indian ICT Industry

Introduction
Information Technology (IT) today has a wide gamut of applications from running our cars and appliances to making telecommunications possible across continents and managing entire factories and cities. Thanks to the development of technology, information access at gigabit speeds is now considered a standard service, with users demanding even more data at higher speeds. A country’s IT development potential outlines it technology-readiness and ability meet the challenges of the coming future, along with a focus on growing gross domestic product (GDP) and meeting up energy and environmental challenges. The world’s ICT industry is growing at a Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Volunteer Initiatives and its larger Contexts: The case of New York Cares

Volunteer Initiatives and its larger Contexts: The case of New York Cares
New York Cares is a volunteer organization that boasts of a unique approach to volunteering. It was established in the 1980s in order to contribute to combating the social problems hounding American society. This volunteer organization capitalizes on its claim to broadness that enables it to welcome participants and volunteers from any class, political affiliation, religious beliefs, or persuasion. It is founded on the idea of uniting for making New York communities a better, more liveable place – arguably one of the more prominent calls of volunteer organizations Continue reading...

- Henry Fayol gave the now universally acceptable 14 principles of management. Fayol advocated for all managers following the following principles;
Division of work; According Fayol work should be subdivided to smaller tasks and divided among individuals. This encourages specialization which in turn improves efficiency in the organization.
Authority and Responsibility; Fayol defined authority as the power to exact obedience and the right to give orders. The two concepts are closely related and go hand in hand. Authority without responsibility results in irresponsible behavior whereas responsibility without authority results to ineffectiveness in a manager.
Discipline; Fayol defined discipline as sincerity, Continue reading...

3 Comparing Characters in Three Short Stories

Introduction

The Bridegroom is a collection of 12 short stories written by Chinese American writer Ha Jin. The collection depicts the life of contemporary China. Almost all the stories in the collection are set in the last half of the 20th century in the city of Muji in China. The stories have been set after the Cultural Revolution and China’s movement towards capitalism. All these stories have been set on the background of the great cultural and economic changes in China. The cultural and economic transition was a significant phenomenon in China. Continue reading...

Street-level bureaucrats

When Michael Lipsky refers to street-level bureaucracy or a street-level bureaucrat, he is referring to an individual who is, essentially, the enforcer for a bureaucratic agency-- those individuals who are hired to enforce actions and laws put into place to govern people. Lipsky uses individuals like police and social workers as examples of street-level bureaucrats (Shafritz, Russell and Borick). These individuals, according to Lipsky, vary the levels to which they implement the laws and regulations assigned to them. For instance, a police officer may let one individual off with a warning for speeding, although technically that officer should have Continue reading...

Bureaucratic structures should have patterns of activity that are clearly defined to ensure that every series of action relates to the organization’s purpose. Over the years, bureaucratic structures face a number of challenges which end up becoming major conflicts. If not carefully handled, such conflicts are moist likely to lead to poor working relationships, negatively affecting the productivity of the members. By their nature, criminal justice organizations are bureaucracies. This means that they too face similar conflict which should be abolished for better performance.
The first conflict the criminal justice organizations may face stems from their rigidity (Irby, Continue reading...

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Identify a range of police leadership styles and discuss how the choice of each style influences organizational success. 

Among the known police leadership styles include autocratic, bureaucratic and democratic.
The autocratic style of leadership is a classic approach where the decision-making authority and power is only in the hand of the manager or the commander. Consultation among staff members is not part of this kind of leadership, while staff should follow every order from the boss without receiving any form of explanation. Leaders depend on punishments and threats to influence his staff. This style of leadership is effective especially in cases where there is new and untrained staff that has Continue reading...