Bureaus are among the most important institutions in every part of the world. Not only do they provide employment for a very significant fraction of the world's population, but they also make critical decisions that shape the economic, educational, political, social, moral, and even religious lives of nearly everyone on earth. This book develops a useful theory of bureaucratic decision making. The theory will enable analysts to predict at least some aspects of bureau behavior accurately, and to incorporate bureaus into a more generalized theory of social decision making--particularly one relevant to democracies. It would be impossible to solve all the problems involved in this immense and complex field; however, this book will solve many, and create a framework upon which solutions to still more may be built by other theorists.
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Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: McCloskey, Economical Writing, Second Edition (ISBN 1577660633) and Natemeyer-McMahon, Classics of Organizational Behavior, Third Edition (ISBN 1577661729).
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A Classic,
By Epictetus (Hong Kong) (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
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This is a carefully thought out analysis of bureaucracies. It is good at explaining the dynamics within bureaucracies and the motivating forces of their inhabitants, or stakeholders as we might call them today. For example, in describing advocates, one of the types of inhabitant of a bureaucracy according to the Downsian analysis, he says "The fourth principle of the advocate's behaviour is that they favor innovation because they seek to expand the operations of the organizations to which they are loyal. Like climbers [another Downsian type] they are a dynamic force in bureaus. However, they are simultaneously more conservative and more radical than climbers. They are more conservative because their loyalty leads them to oppose change that might benefit them personally but injure their organizations. They are more radical because they are willing to promote views that might antagonize their superior if so doing will help their organizations."Today when government and quasi-government bureaus have a greater hold around the neck of the ordinary person than ever before in what used to be called free societies, it is a shame that Downs' work and ideas like his are not more current in the electorate's discussion and analysis of what our governments are up to. I recommend this book. "EPICTETUS"
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cover was a bit more damaged than expected,
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I received this book on time. The cover was a bit more damaged than expected. Overall condition of the book was fine.
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