POLI 2301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Organizational Culture, United States Postal Service, Dustin Pedroia
20 Jun 2016
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More than a rhetorical question. (see wilson, ch. 7: how is american public bureaucracy different from (almost) all other public bureaucracies, late development, parties and patronage, fragmentation. Separation of powers: presidential, congressional, and judicial re- view. Powerful interest groups and sometimes iron triangles : the hollow core, no cohesive administrative elite, entrepreneurial role of administrative leaders, political culture: from a weak state to adversarial legalism . Key concepts in wilson: operators and tasks: what do street-level bureaucrats do and why? (chs. Staffing patterns and operators" beliefs a. a. b. Incentives: what behavior is rewarded, what behavior is punished, how does the organization deal with uncertainty, organized interests: four types of politics (see chart) a. And don"t forget the obvious: official policy state- ments, including statutes, executive orders, regulations, and court rul- ings. 9: the principal-agent problem, the problem of multiple principals (i. e. separation of powers) Organizational maintenance is the special role of the executive .
