POS 1041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Profit Motive, Regulation A, United States Department Of The Interior

• School: SCFMS, SCF
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POS 1041
• Professor: Daniel Fuerstman

Document Summary

Powers - the bureaucracy has the power to: Have to do all the paperwork, etc. Congress can"t foresee or detail every part of a law, leaving room for b. If congress doesn"t like/trust the bureaucracy, they can write very detailed laws. This means they are taking some cases. Dmv vs mcdonalds - dmv is very sad and lame, while mcdonalds is very happy. The dmv has no profit motive, no control over inputs or goals. Government jobs are protected so they aren"t fired for political reasons. This is why bureaucracy in the government is more inefficient than in the private sector. How it"s controlled - lots of people in the govt. would like to control the bureaucracy. Executive control: the president can appoint the heads of departments. Can shape their goals and restructure them. Legislative control: congress controls the budget of the bureaucracy. Can either utilize police patrol or fire-alarm oversight methods.