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| Organization that is structured hierachically to carry our specific functions |
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| model of bureaucracy developed by German, who viewed bureaucracies as rational in which decisions were based on logical reasoning. |
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| model of bureaucracy that views top-level bureaucrats as seeking to expand the size of their budgets and staffs to gain power. |
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| model of bureaucracy that compares bureaucracies to monopolistic business firms. Inefficient & costly operations. |
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| federal, state, or local government unit established to perform a function. Created by legislative bodies to enforce specific laws. |
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| one of the fifteen major departments of executive branch. |
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| In the federal government, an administrative unit that is directly accountable to president. |
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| Independent Executive Agency |
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| Federal agency that is not part of cabinet department but reports to president. |
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| Independent Regulatory Agency |
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| An agency outside the major exec departments that's in charge with making rules & regulations. |
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| act by which an industry being regulated by a government agency gains direct or indirect control over agency personnel |
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| agency of government that administer a quasi-business enterprise. |
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| takeover of business enterprise by the national government. Bankruptcy |
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| special share of ownership in a corp that typically confers no right to vote for company but does pay interest. |
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| law that requires all committee-directed federal agencies to conduct business in public session. |
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| laws requiring that existing programs be reviewed regularly for their effectiveness & be terminated unless specifically extended as a result of these reviews. |
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| replacement of gov't services with services provided by private firms. |
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| someone who brings public attention gross governmental inefficiency of illegal action. |
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