1. Bureaucratic Pathology
Obj: To evaluate different examples of bureaucratic waste and classify them by pathology types.

2. Bureaucratic Pathology
The bureaucratic reputation:
ineffective and inefficient
Where does it come from?
The nature of our government, not from power-hungry government workers

3. Types of Bureaucratic Pathology
Red Tape
excessive formality and routine required before official action   can be taken.
Waste
useless consumption or expenditure of money than is necessary to buy some product or service
Conflict between Agencies
disagreements between different governmental organizations
Duplication
similar actions that occur repeatedly
Unnecessary Complexity and Growth
pathology in which a system is difficult to understand, or out grows the population

4. Bureaucratic Pathology
Type of Pathology
Excerpt Number
Reading Excerpt
Red Tape
Waste
Conflict between Agencies
Duplication
Unnecessary Complexity and Growth
Read the excerpts provided and, with your group, determine which bureaucratic pathology each excerpt belongs to.

5. Bureaucratic Pathology
Exit Ticket
Write a paragraph about a time that you, or someone you know, encountered any one of the five types of bureaucratic pathology.
If you have not encountered one, create a situation in which you might encounter any one of the bureaucratic pathologies.
Examples can include applying for scholarships, financial aid, school, residence halls, etc.

6. Bureaucratic Pathology
James Q. Wilson, a political scientist, and Harvard and UCLA professor, stated of bureaucratic pathologies, “Most exist because of the very nature of government itself.” He went on to discuss the need of the bureaucracy to satisfy legal and political requirements, a government with inconsistent goals that cannot decide what it wants the most, bureaucratic problems caused by vague goals that lead agencies to expand to meet these vague goals, and the general lack of incentive to control waste.
Select one of the excerpts that you read earlier and write an essay (¾ of a page – 1 page) that explains how the bureaucratic pathology of the excerpt you chose relates to the James Q. Wilson’s thesis above.