POLS 2250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Responsible Government, United Kingdom Cabinet Committee, Treasury Board Secretariat

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3 branches of government: judicial law courts and related institutions legislative the queen and two houses or chambers the house of commons and senate: executive. Department is an administrative unit compromising one or more organizational components over which a minister has direct ministerial management and control (j. e. Hodgetts: bureaucratic structures in government are mainly in the business of administering services the minister directly controls and manages operations, constitutional convention that the minister should very closely supervise the actions of an operating department. One classification system is based on the general policy fields addressed, or functions carried out by the department (ex. Public works, communications, transportation) another system identifies 3 types of departments by considering the relative power of departments as determined by size, budget, responsibility for coordination, and knowledge or research capability the three types: Horizontal policy coordinative tend to be the most influential. Strong in terms of responsibility and knowledge or research capability.

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