Describe what Gortner, Mahler, and Nicholson meant by the following: “For the private organization, it is a matter of ‘go until I say stop’; but to the public manager the message is ‘don’t go unless I tell you to.’”
What will be an ideal response?
While private managers are able to take any legal action to advance their firm, public managers are only able to take action specifically authorized by law.
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What change did Ronald Reagan advocate in how the United States should protect itself from nuclear weapons?
a. creating a ballistic missile defense system b. shifting from technological solutions to deterrence through strength c. relying on mutually assured destruction instead of deterrence d. withdrawing from various treaties in order to demonstrate U.S. dominance
A political scientist who uses the ideational approach would be most likely to make which of the following claims?
a. Highly skilled workers tend to find the rules of bureaucracies burdensome and frustrating. b. It takes a lower level of education to succeed in a bureaucracy than it does to succeed in a private corporation. c. Although Americans tend to admire large private corporations, they doubt the ability of large public institutions to solve problems. d. Insulating the bureaucracy from political pressure requires giving bureaucrats a higher level of job security than private sector employees typically receive.