This document defines and discusses bureaucracy. It begins by defining bureaucracy as a body of nonelected government officials or an administrative policy-making group. It notes bureaucracies have a hierarchical structure and specific responsibilities. The term "bureaucracy" originated from the French words "bureau" meaning office and "kratos" meaning rule. Key characteristics of bureaucracies include specialization, hierarchy, rules, technical competence, being impersonal, and formal written communication. The document discusses advantages like standardization, expertise, accountability and coordination, and problems like size and coordination challenges. It concludes by outlining the main functions of bureaucracies as implementation, regulation, and administration.

1. THE BUREAUCRACY
By:
1. Parth Raj-94
2. Rahul Kumar-111

2. BUREAUCRACY DEFINED
 A Bureaucracy is "a body of nonelective
government officials" and/or "an administrative
policy-making group. "
 An organizations with a hierarchical structure and
specific responsibilities
 An organizations which operate on management
principles intended to enhance efficiency and
effectiveness

3. HISTORY

4. WORD ORIGIN
 The term "bureaucracy"
is French in origin
 It combines of French
word bureau – desk or
office – with the Greek
word kratos – rule or
political power
 It was coined sometime
in the mid-1700s by the
French
economist Jacques
Claude Marie Vincent de
Gournay

5. CHARACTERISTICS OF BUREAUCRACY
S- Specialization
H-Hierarchy
R-Rule
T-Technical competence
I-Impersonal
F-Formal written communication

7. ADVANTAGES AND PROBLEMS WITH THE
BUREAUCRACY

8. THE ADVANTAGES OF
BUREAUCRACY
 Bureaucracies are created and evolved as a
means to undertake the purposes and
responsibilities of organizations. They
provide:
• Standardization
• Expertise and Competence
• Accountability
• Coordination

9. THE PROBLEMS OF
BUREAUCRACY
 Size – Can institutions this large effectively
manage many of the tasks assigned them?
 Coordination – Can agencies with offices
throughout the country effective coordinate
a single policy?

10. BUREAUCRATIC
FUNCTION

11. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BUREAUCRACY
Implementation
Regulation
Administration

12. IMPLEMENTATION
 The executive branch is charged with the
enforcement of the law, and agencies are largely
the mechanism for this.
 However, most statutes contain vague language, so
in implementing the law agencies often have great
discretion on its exact meaning.

13. REGULATIONS
 General statutory language can become the basis
for the bureaucracy’s development of its own
precise rules, a form of agency-created law called
regulations, which govern the topics under a
particular agency’s jurisdiction
 Statutes also specify the procedures that agencies
must use in developing regulations

14. ADMINISTRATION
 Michael lipsky is well know in the field of public
administration
 It is concerned with the implementation of
government policies
 Classic public administration underpinned by
professional and politicians.