POLS 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: United Kingdom Cabinet Committee, Federal Public Service Commission, Public Administration
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Alternative to traditional methods the government uses to provide services: to improve efficiency, creative and dynamic process . Shares functions with private individuals, community groups and other government entities. This method was employed to better meet the expectations of citizens in a technologically advanced country. Asd can lower government spending and improve the quality of service delivery. Reduce the size of the government by distributing responsibilities. Government has an excessive emphasis on process control rather than on achievement of results. Red tape to ensure that rules are honored. Governments have been notoriously slow to respond to new issues because inflexibilities in budgeting systems and staffing rules prevent existing organizations from moving into new areas. Management flexibility increase autonomy of officials responsible for the provision of services to the citizenry and to employ new structures or technology within the governmental setting.