Chapter 14: Bureaucracy in a Democracy questions with correct answers

Bureaucracy CORRECT ANSWER the complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles of organization that are employed by all large-scale institutions to coordinate the work of their personnel; used by large public and private institutions to coordinate work Implementation CORRECT ANSWER the efforts of departments and agencies to translate laws into specific bureaucratic rules and actions. Agency powers can include CORRECT ANSWER Demanding reports Auditing books Monitoring contracts Tracking company obligations Regulating citizen's actions Spoils system CORRECT ANSWER prior to the 1880s, most federal jobs were given to political supporters of various officials until the next election Independent agencies CORRECT ANSWER treated like any other bureaucratic agency but exist outside the current department system Government corporations CORRECT ANSWER A government agency that operates like a business corporation Privatization CORRECT ANSWER process of returning national enterprises to private ownership Congressional oversight CORRECT ANSWER committees are expected to oversee the executive branch agencies in their purview