GVPT 170 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13,17: Merit System
5 Jun 2016
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Federal bureaucracy: the totality of the departments and angencies of the executive branch of the national government. Bureaucracy: a large, complex organization characterized by a hierarchical set of offices, each with a specific task, controlled through a clear chain of command, and where appointment and advancement of personnel is based on merit. To social scientsits, bureaucracy and bureaucract are neutral terms describing a type of social organization and the people who work in it. Bureaurcracies are large oganizations in which many people with specialized knowledge are organized nto a clearly defined hierarachy of bureaus or offices, each of which has a specific mission. Exists in a wide range of sextors including government, pricati business and the nonprofit sextor. One advantage is the ability to organize large tasks like delivering social. Security checks, churning out automobiles from factories, delivering overnight packages, or fighting wars. Able to mobilize and coordinate the activities of thousands of people.
