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Bureaucratic Thought of the Day

Author : Shane Henry Derby
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450033539
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Bureaucratic Thought of the Day written by Shane Henry Derby and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bureaucratic thought of the day began just before Thanksgiving 2008. I attended early morning meetings in a San Diego shipyard while my ship was undergoing maintenance and repairs. A fellow officer and I would exchange friendly morning jokes and gestures in preparation to endure the unknown in which anyone stationed onboard a U.S. Navy Warship would understand. Anyone familiar with bureaucracy and irrational decisions that can result from the big wheel of government or any large company for that matter can relate to the perspective of each daily quote. The structure of each daily quote is intended to be the thoughts of a supervisor or subordinate. The quote is designed to assign words to a supervisor or executive’s demeanor. From the subordinate perspective the quote may be what he or she wish could be said for what comes to mind when poor leadership or example is observed. The quote may be designed to put words in the boss’ mouth as well – all in good humor. Anyone on the receiving end of orders and responsible for carrying them out will be able to relate to this type of humor. Although you may find some of the quotes poignant and cynical; the goal is only to capture the humor or redundancy in our American behavior when interacting in the work place or participating in a larger group hierarchy. The bureaucracy onboard a U.S. Navy Warship is probably small in comparison to the larger Navy, Department of Defense or Civilian Corporation. From my fellow officers and me we hope you enjoy our subtle humor and pretentious jokes we communicate through the Bureaucratic Thought of the Day. I hope it makes you smile before you begin your day at the office or worksite......don’t worry there are many serious thoughts of the day embedded as well, to include weekend inspirational thoughts, so don’t forget to read the weekends thought before you leave the office or worksite on Friday.

The Bureaucratic Experience: The Post-Modern Challenge

Author : Ralph P. Hummel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131745815X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Bureaucratic Experience: The Post-Modern Challenge written by Ralph P. Hummel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has trouble with bureaucracy. Citizens and politicians have trouble controlling the runaway bureaucratic machine. Managers have trouble managing it. Employees dislike working in it. Clients can't get the goods from it. Teachers have difficulty getting a grip on it. Optimists argue that soon all of this will be fixed. The new Fifth Edition of Ralph P. Hummel's classic text maintains just the opposite - that despite all the current rhetoric from proponents of total quality management, corporate reengineering, and the new public management, it's still "business as usual" for bureaucracies. The persistent reality of organizational structure remains resilient in the face of feel-good trends and values. For this edition the book has been thoroughly revised and updated, with two key changes: each of the six core chapters has been trimmed and edited to consolidate and streamline the important organizational theory developments since the book's initial publication; and, each chapter contains newly added critiques of the postmodern theory of modern organizations, pursuing the theme that postmodernism covers up the persistent reality of organizational structure.

The (Delicate) Art of Bureaucracy

Author : Mark Schwartz
Publisher : It Revolution Press
ISBN 13 : 9781950508150
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The (Delicate) Art of Bureaucracy written by Mark Schwartz and published by It Revolution Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A playbook for mastering the art of bureaucracy from thought-leader Mark Schwartz.

Bureaucracy

Author : Ludwig Von Mises
Publisher : Dead Authors Society
ISBN 13 : 9781773230467
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Bureaucracy written by Ludwig Von Mises and published by Dead Authors Society. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Ludwig von Mises was concerned with the spread of socialist ideals and the increasing bureaucratization of economic life. While he does not deny the necessity of certain bureaucratic structures for the smooth operation of any civilized state, he disagrees with the extent to which it has come to dominate the public life of European countries and the United States. The author's purpose is to demonstrate that the negative aspects of bureaucracy are not so much a result of bad policies or corruption as the public tends to think but are the bureaucratic structures due to the very tasks these structures have to deal with. The main body of the book is therefore devoted to a comparison between private enterprise on the one hand and bureaucratic agencies/public enterprise on the other.

Moral Mazes

Author : Robert Jackall
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199729883
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Moral Mazes written by Robert Jackall and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition of a classic study of ethics in business presents an eye-opening account of how corporate managers think the world works, and how big organizations shape moral consciousness. Robert Jackall takes the reader inside a topsy-turvy world where hard work does not necessarily lead to success, but sharp talk, self-promotion, powerful patrons, and sheer luck might. This edition includes a new foreword linking the themes of Moral Mazes to the financial tsunami that engulfed the world economy in 2008.

General and Industrial Management

Author : Henri Fayol
Publisher : Ravenio Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book General and Industrial Management written by Henri Fayol and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this seminal work, Henri Fayol, a French mining engineer and management theorist, lays out the fundamental principles of modern management. First published in 1916, “General and Industrial Management” remains relevant today as a foundational text in the field of organizational management. Fayol’s insights revolutionized the way businesses operate, emphasizing the importance of administrative functions, coordination, and effective leadership. His five key management functions—planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling—have become cornerstones of management theory. Through practical examples and case studies, Fayol explores topics such as organizational structure, division of labor, authority, and the role of managers. He advocates for a holistic approach to management that considers both technical and human aspects within an organization. Whether you’re a seasoned manager or a student of business, “General and Industrial Management” provides timeless wisdom and actionable strategies for achieving efficiency, productivity, and success in any organizational setting.

The Utopia of Rules

Author : David Graeber
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612193757
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Utopia of Rules written by David Graeber and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our lives Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend so much of our time filling out forms? And is it really a cipher for state violence? To answer these questions, the anthropologist David Graeber—one of our most important and provocative thinkers—traces the peculiar and unexpected ways we relate to bureaucracy today, and reveals how it shapes our lives in ways we may not even notice…though he also suggests that there may be something perversely appealing—even romantic—about bureaucracy. Leaping from the ascendance of right-wing economics to the hidden meanings behind Sherlock Holmes and Batman, The Utopia of Rules is at once a powerful work of social theory in the tradition of Foucault and Marx, and an entertaining reckoning with popular culture that calls to mind Slavoj Zizek at his most accessible. An essential book for our times, The Utopia of Rules is sure to start a million conversations about the institutions that rule over us—and the better, freer world we should, perhaps, begin to imagine for ourselves.

Breaking Through Bureaucracy

Author : Michael Barzelay
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520912496
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Breaking Through Bureaucracy written by Michael Barzelay and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-10-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attacks the conventional wisdom that bureaucrats are bunglers and the system can't be changed. Michael Barzelay and Babak Armajani trace the source of much poor performance in government to the persistent influence of what they call the bureaucratic paradigm—a theory built on such notions as central control, economy and efficiency, and rigid adherence to rules. Rarely questioned, the bureaucratic paradigm leads competent and faithful public servants—as well as politicians—unwittingly to impair government's ability to serve citizens by weakening, misplacing, and misdirecting accountability. How can this system be changed? Drawing on research sponsored by the Ford Foundation/Harvard University program on Innovations in State and Local Government, this book tells the story of how public officials in one state, Minnesota, cast off the conceptual blinders of the bureaucratic paradigm and experimented with ideas such as customer service, empowering front-line employees to resolve problems, and selectively introducing market forces within government. The author highlights the arguments government executives made for the changes they proposed, traces the way these changes were implemented, and summarizes the impressive results. This approach provides would-be bureaucracy busters with a powerful method for dramatically improving the way government manages the public's business. Generalizing from the Minnesota experience and from similar efforts nationwide, the book proposes a new paradigm that will reframe the perennial debate on public management. With its carefully analyzed ideas, real-life examples, and closely reasoned practical advice, Breaking Through Bureaucracy is indispensable to public managers and students of public policy and administration.

Street-Level Bureaucracy

Author : Michael Lipsky
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610443624
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Street-Level Bureaucracy written by Michael Lipsky and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1983-06-29 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Street-Level Bureaucracy is an insightful study of how public service workers, in effect, function as policy decision makers, as they wield their considerable discretion in the day-to-day implementation of public programs.

When the State Meets the Street

Author : Bernardo Zacka
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674545540
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book When the State Meets the Street written by Bernardo Zacka and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Street level discretion -- Three pathologies: the indifferent, the enforcer, and the caregiver -- A gymnastics of the self: coping with the everyday pressures of street-level work -- When the rules run out: informal taxonomies and peer-level accountability -- Impossible situations: on the breakdown of moral integrity at the frontlines of public service

Two Faces of Bureaucracy

Author : Thomas Robb Mcdaniel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Two Faces of Bureaucracy written by Thomas Robb Mcdaniel and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Patchwork Leviathan

Author : Erin Metz McDonnell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691197369
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Patchwork Leviathan written by Erin Metz McDonnell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corruption and ineffectiveness are often expected of public servants in developing countries. However, some groups within these states are distinctly more effective and public oriented than the rest. Why? Patchwork Leviathan explains how a few spectacularly effective state organizations manage to thrive amid general institutional weakness and succeed against impressive odds. Drawing on the Hobbesian image of the state as Leviathan, Erin Metz McDonnell argues that many seemingly weak states actually have a wide range of administrative capacities. Such states are in fact patchworks sewn loosely together from scarce resources into the semblance of unity. McDonnell demonstrates that when the human, cognitive, and material resources of bureaucracy are rare, it is critically important how they are distributed. Too often, scarce bureaucratic resources are scattered throughout the state, yielding little effect. McDonnell reveals how a sufficient concentration of resources clustered within particular pockets of a state can be transformative, enabling distinctively effective organizations to emerge from a sea of ineffectiveness. Patchwork Leviathan offers a comprehensive analysis of successful statecraft in institutionally challenging environments, drawing on cases from contemporary Ghana and Nigeria, mid-twentieth-century Kenya and Brazil, and China in the early twentieth century. Based on nearly two years of pioneering fieldwork in West Africa, this incisive book explains how these highly effective pockets differ from the Western bureaucracies on which so much state and organizational theory is based, providing a fresh answer to why well-funded global capacity-building reforms fail—and how they can do better.

Government Is Good

Author : Douglas J. Amy
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1457506580
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Government Is Good written by Douglas J. Amy and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why a book defending government? Because for decades, right-wing forces in this country have engaged in a relentless and irresponsible campaign of vicious government bashing. Conservatives and libertarians have demonized government, attacked basic safety net programs like Medicare, and undermined vital regulations that protect consumers, investors, workers, and the environment. This book takes on this anti-government movement and shows that most of its criticisms of this institution are highly exaggerated, misleading, or just plain wrong. In reality, American government - despite its flaws - plays a valuable and indispensable role in promoting the public good. Most government programs are working well and are actually improving the lives of Americans in innumerable ways. Democratic government is a vital tool for making our world a better place; and if we want an America that is prosperous, healthy, secure, well-educated, just, compassionate, and unpolluted, we need a strong, active, and well-funded public sector. Part I: Why Government is Good. The section of the book describes how government acts as a force for good in society. One chapter chronicles a day in the life of an average middle-class American and identifies the myriad ways that government programs improve our lives. Other chapters describe the forgotten achievements of government; how government is the only way to effectively promote public values like justice and equality; and how a free market economy would be impossible without the elaborate legal and regulatory infrastructure provided by government. Part II: The War on Government. This section of the book chronicles the unrelenting assault on government being waged by conservative forces in this country. Chapters describe how cuts in social programs and rollbacks of regulations have harmed the health, safety, and welfare of millions of Americans and how these assaults have taken place on many fronts - in Congress, the administrative branch, and the federal courts, as well as on the state and local level. Also addressed: how the right's radical anti-government agenda is out of touch with the views and priorities of most Americans, and what the real truth is about government deficits. Part III: How to Revitalize Democracy and Government. There are, in fact, some problems with American government, and we need to address these if we are to restore Americans' faith in this institution. One of the main problems with our government is that it is not accountable and responsive enough to the public. Moneyed special interests too often win out over the public interest. Chapters in this section describe this problem and how we can fix it. There are several reforms - including public financing of elections - that could help our government live up to its democratic ideals. The final chapter discusses strategies for building a pro-government coalition in this country.

The Origins of the Modern Japanese Bureaucracy

Author : Yuichiro Shimizu
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135007957X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of the Modern Japanese Bureaucracy written by Yuichiro Shimizu and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a bureaucracy, from where does it come, and how does it develop? Japanese have long described their nation as a “kingdom of bureaucrats", but until now, no historian has fully explained the historical origins of the mammoth Japanese executive state. In this ground-breaking study, translated into English for the first time, Yuichiro Shimizu traces the rise of the modern Japanese bureaucracy from the Meiji Restoration through the early 20th century. He reveals how the making of the bureaucracy was none other than the making of Japanese modernity itself. Through careful political analysis and vivid human narratives, he tells the dynamic story of how personal ambition, new educational institutions, and state bureaucratic structures interacted to make a modern political system premised on recruiting talent, not status or lineage. Bringing cutting-edge Japanese scholarship to a global audience, The Origins of the Modern Japanese Bureaucracy is not only a reconceptualization of modern Japanese political history but an account of how the ideal of “pursuing one's own calling” became the foundational principle of the modern nation-state.

Vital Speeches of the Day

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Vital Speeches of the Day written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

To-day: a Monthly Gathering of Bold Thoughts

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Bureaucratic Justice

Author : Jerry L. Mashaw
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300034035
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Bureaucratic Justice written by Jerry L. Mashaw and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone interested in 'good government' should read Jerry Mashaw's new book on how the social Security Administration implements congressionally mandated policy for controlled consistent distribution of disability benefits. . . . He offers an important perspective on bureaucracy that must be considered when devising procedures for not only disability determinations but also other forms of administrative adjudication.--Linda A. O'Hare, American Bar Association Journal A major contribution to the ongoing debate about administrative law and mass justice.--Lance Liebman and Richard B. Stewart, Harvard Law Review Profound implications for the future of democratic government. . . . Practical, analytical policymaking for a complex decision system of great significance to many Americans.--Paul R. Verkuil, Yale Law Journal An exceptionally valuable book for anyone who is concerned about the role of law in the administrative state. Mashaw manages to range broadly without becoming superficial, and to present a coherent and challenging theory in lively, readable prose. Bureaucratic Justice seems certain to become a standard reference work for administrative lawyers, and for anyone else who seeks the elusive goal of developing more humane and more effective public bureaucracies.--Barry Boyer, Michigan Law Review Strongly recommended for use in graduate seminars in public policy or law. . . . If we are to develop a positive model of bureaucratic competence, we must answer the insightful questions rased in this cogent book.--David L. Martin, American Political Science Review Mashaw provides an excellent analysis of middle range processes of decision making.--Gerald Turkel, Qualitative Sociology Stimulating and provocative and . . . makes a contribution to the ongoing dialogue about due process in public administration.... It is tightly organized, cogently argued, and full of pithy historical illustrations. . . . One of the best such works in many years. --Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science A thoughtful, challenging, and very useful book.--Choice Inspires a new direction in administrative law scholarship.--A.I. Ogus, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies