Problem: The authors of our textbook reference comments made by Republican candidates during the 2016 presidential primary debates to illustrate opinions regarding government regulations and those tasked with adopting rules and implementing policy. The candidates suggested regulations were bad for the country and those who implemented the regulations were inefficient and ineffective.
In Two Sides of Bureaucracy: From Aristotle to Ockham to Max Weber and Contemporary Administration and Management, Scarlat contrasts views on bureaucracy from early Greek philosophers to modern organizational management scholars. He argues that, as societies become more complex, government intervention and oversight grow. This growth demands more public policies which, in turn, requires larger bureaucracies. Respond to the claim that "Bureaucratic and bureaucracy growth are required by societal advancement." Need Assignment Help?