Dysfunctions of Bureaucracy: "Policies Are Made by The Government and Implemented by The Bureaucracy"
Dysfunctions of Bureaucracy: "Policies Are Made by The Government and Implemented by The Bureaucracy"
Bureaucracy:
Bureaucracy plays an important role in our lives. Being a common man our lives are affected by
bureaucracy because bureaucrats are the persons that are responsible to implement policies of the
government to the people, so if there are some loop holes in the system of bureaucracy then it
becomes very difficult for the government to act upon their own policies.
So both actors plays an important role in running the state, and in order to make our states
system well we should keep check on both of them and try to eradicate their flaws.
Dysfunctions of bureaucracy:
Here we will discuss about the some dysfunctions of bureaucracy, because in order to sort out
Red tape is an idiom that refers to excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules
making.
“Rule is rule”
DYSFUNCTIONS OF BUREAUCRACY
Here bureaucracy is very keen on the rules and very much particular to further reinforce the
rules, bureaucracy’s view is that the department’s procedures and people’s roles and lines of
responsibility need to be absolutely clear. Rules here are seen to reduce power relations, reduce
the need of close supervision. In addition, adherence to rules also leads to rigidity on the part of
Each unit within a bureaucracy performs specialized tasks, which are designed to contribute to
the organization’s overall goals. At times, these units fail to communicate with one another and
communication. Information does not flow freely and easily throughout the system. In most
cases, there are no mechanisms in place to report problems to superiors. . The result of this is
that important information is frequently withheld. Staff abilities and voices are gone ignored or
Bureaucratic Alienation:
Alienation refers to the detachment of the person from his or her work.
Many workers find it disturbing to deal with others in terms of roles, rules and functions rather
than as individuals. The traditional bureaucrat like BS does not take initiative, will not do
anything for the organization beyond what he or she is absolutely required to do and uses rules to
Bureaucratic Incompetence:
In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to their
level of incompetence. People who perform well in a bureaucracy come to the attention of those
higher up the chain of command and are promoted. If they again perform well, they are again
promoted. This process continues until finally they are promoted to a level at which they can no
longer handle the responsibilities well; this is their level of incompetence. There they hide
behind the work of others, taking credit for what those under their direction accomplish.
responsibilities but they are supposed to act in co-ordination. That is the senior level officer’s
should be free to accept their junior opinions with open communication or take decisions over
riding them. Here, co-ordination becomes the basic ingredient of an efficient bureaucracy. The
sense of powerlessness and consequent lack of responsibility found among the junior staff