Bureaucracy Reading Guide - Apple Inc.
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US Government Chapter 15
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Chapter 15
1. What is the federal bureaucracy and who creates agencies in the bureaucracy?
2. What was Max Weber’s theory on how a bureaucracy should operate?
3. What are criticisms of the federal bureaucracy?
4. Which agency of the federal bureaucracy employs the most people?
5. What is the civil service?
6. What is the patronage system?
7. What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
8. What is the merit principle?
9. What is the Hatch act?
10. What is the Senior Executive service?
11. How are bureaucracies organized?
12. How many cabinet departments are there? How do the leaders get their jobs?
13. What is an independent regulatory agency and how is it different?
14. What are some examples of regulatory agencies?
15. What are government corporations and what are some examples of government corporations?
16. What are independent agencies and what are some examples?
17. What is “policy implementation”?
18. What are executive orders and how are they used to control the bureaucracy?
19. How does Congress attempt to control the bureaucracy?
20. What is an iron triangle?
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