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Nonprofit organizations also exhibit excessive bureaucratic expansion. For example, in the decade 1975-85 college administrative staffs increased by almost two-thirds, many times more than the modest increases in the faculty and student body during the sa [...]

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There is a momentum for all bureaucracies to grow, which must be taken into account by society. A few examples from the United States suffice to illustrate this trend. The combined staffs of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have [...]

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For a number of reasons, civil governmental bureaucracies are the most prone to crippling inefficiencies. To begin with, as part of the sovereign body they have to do with a broader spectrum of human affairs, considerations, and responsibilities than othe [...]

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Every large organization is a bureaucracy in that it consists of a body of employees who perform its regular operations. They are the long-term personnel who carry out the established activities of the government, business, or military organization. "Thei [...]

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The decentralization of many of the manufacturing plants of the leading industrial nations to locations in other countries, and the internationalization of banking and finance, have greatly increased worldwide air travel by business and professional peopl [...]

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