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Topic: Bureaucratic examinations

	Merton - Bureaucratic Structure and Personality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		For reasons which we have already noted, the bureaucratic structure exerts a constant pressure upon the official to be "methodical, prudent disciplined." If the bureaucracy is to operate successfully, it must attain a high degree of reliability of behavior, an unusual degree of conformity with prescribed patterns of action.
		The bureaucrat's official life is planned for him in terms of a graded career through the organizational devices of promotion by seniority, pensions incremental salaries, etc., all of which are designed to provide incentives for disciplined action and conformity to the official regulations.
		This is to say that through sentiment-formation, emotional dependence upon bureaucratic symbols and status, and affective involvement in spheres of competence and authority, there develop prerogatives involving attitudes of moral legitimacy which are established as values in their own right, and are no longer viewed as merely technical means for expediting administration.
	www2.pfeiffer.edu /~lridener/courses/MERTONR2.HTML (5029 words)

	CSCL : graduate programs : comp lit degree requirements
		The examination is scheduled by you with the concurrence of your examiners.
		When the examination is scheduled, the Graduate School must have on file a report on the preliminary written examination certifying that you have passed.
		Examinations are scheduled for two hours, ending in a vote by the committee of "pass," "pass with reservations" or "fail." A pass with reservations requires your committee to state their reservations to you in writing, and to specify what must be done to remove the reservations—usually an essay addressing specific points from the examination.
	cscl.cla.umn.edu /grad/complit/degree.htm (1809 words)

	PHOENIX PAPER
		Consequently, the bureaucratic format most likely to assure the perpetuation of a fragmented presidentialist regimes is based on rotationism - if each succeeding administration can select its own supporters and they know they will not retain their authority under the next administration, they are both unable and disinclined to work together to seize power.
		Unbalanced regimes are those in which bureaucrats are not effectively controlled and are, therefore, able to abuse their powers, to be corrupt and inefficient.
		It became apparent that the examination system should not be oriented to the traditional type of liberal education given in expensive Eastern colleges where only the sons of rich men were able to study.
	webdata.soc.hawaii.edu /fredr/phoenix.htm (10399 words)

	Japan - BUREAUCRATS
		Some bureaucrats lack imagination and, perhaps, compassion for people whose way of life is different from their own.
		Bureaucrats and business people that are associated with a single industry, such as electronics, often hold regular informal meetings in Tokyo hotels and restaurants.
		Despite the increasingly apparent limits of bureaucratic power, the Budget Bureau of the Ministry of Finance is at the heart of the political process because it drows up the national budget each year.
	countrystudies.us /japan/123.htm (2498 words)

	Public Administration is Economic Chaos - Mises Institute
		Bureaucratic management means, under democracy, management in strict accordance with the law and the budget.
		Bureaucratic management is management bound to comply with detailed rules and regulations fixed by the authority of a superior body.
		A bureaucrat differs from a non-bureaucrat precisely because he is working in a field in which it is impossible to appraise the result of a man’s effort in terms of money.
	www.mises.org /fullstory.asp?control=1465 (4407 words)

	STRATEGIC BUREAUCRATIC PROBLEM
		In contrast, some County Library administrators or "bureaucrats," who are in the "upper-income" levels, seem to be from the planet Pluto --- dishonest and deceptive, especially regarding the implementation and enforcement of proper rating procedures mandated by the County Department of Human Resources ("DHR") in compliance with the County Civil Service Commission Code.
		The point is that the dictatorial bureaucratic administrators in the book perpetuated their power over their people when they confused them by naming vital political values or qualities something contradictory which kept them ambiguous.
		I believe the past and present bureaucratic policy has stifled the professional values of many full-time professional librarians by quashing their creative management ideas before they could be evaluated "objectively." This could have led to greater professional productivity based upon the proper documentation of and commendation for "teamwork" accomplishments.
	home.earthlink.net /~denmartin/indy-problem.html (5234 words)

	About BH ( Calcutta) failed - Maurice Dodd, The Authentic Perishers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He believes his mother was a field gun ("so cold she was - so aloof, and with one hell of a nose") because he first saw the light of day from it's ammunition locker - when they lifted the lid.
		Bureaucratic bungling is what he puts it down to, and he has a case.
		The examiners laid a trail by filling an elephant with curry and turning the swelling beast out into the midday sun where, elbowing mad dog's and Englishmen rudely aside, it laid a trail few could fail to follow but most preferred to avoid.
	www.theauthenticperishers.co.uk /mainmenu/bhcalcutta.htm (248 words)

	Miroff, The Democratic Debate, 2/e
		The image of the "faceless, alienated bureaucrat" is probably the most potent myth that clouds Americans' understanding of the modern state.
		A combination of specialization and experience means that bureaucrats tend to know more about their subject areas than anyone else, and elected officials frequently defer to their judgment.
		Bureaucratic agencies exist in a political environment where resources are scarce and competitors abound.
	college.hmco.com /polisci/miroff/dem_debate/2e/students/chapters/chap13/overview.html (2509 words)

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		Examination billings, which cover the hours and expenses directly incurred during an individual insurer's financial examination, do not necessarily cover the total costs associated with this function.
		To calculate the examination bill, examiners and actuaries submit travel vouchers, a monthly time report that summarizes hours worked at each company, and their agency monthly time sheets.
		Because the timing of examinations is not predetermined, companies cannot anticipate their exact cash flow needs associated with examinations.
	www.window.state.tx.us /tpr/tprgg/gg13ggs4.txt (1420 words)

	Lecture Ten Political Science 2302 Internet 1305 Internet
		Bureaucratic agencies receive only broad and general policy directions in the laws of Congress (Dye, 51:2002).
		Bureaucratic power in policymaking is also explained by political decisions in Congress and the White House to shift responsibility for many policies to the bureaucracy (Dye, 52:2002).
		There are three models of bureaucratic decision-making that Davis provides: the rational comprehensive method; the incremental method, and the mixed-scanning method.
	www.accd.edu /sac/gov/smith/2302/lecture10.htm (3466 words)

	PSc Grad Student Caucus
		Examinations are intended to test students' familiarity with, and critical understanding of, the broad range of ideas and literature that the disciplinary fields comprise.
		Students prepare for examinations by taking different combinations of courses, according to the specific field guidelines presented below and in consultation with faculty advisors, and by engaging in substantial reading beyond that required for their specific courses.
		General Examinations are to be completed by the calendar deadline specified in the Program of Studies but no more than one semester after completion of all course requirements.
	www.gwu.edu /~pscgrads/reqphd.html (909 words)

	MDAH: Archives & Library: Electronic Records
		He argues that "Bureaucratic rationalization was a function of the problems raised by the redefinition of the public and political in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries."
		Further, although both British and American bureaucrats are trained as professionals, British administrators tend to be generalists who seek their careers more exclusively within the bureaucracy than do American administrators, who have more specialized subject-area education and tend to move more frequently from private to public sector and back again.
		They also suggest that there will be a tension between the professional autonomy of bureaucratic elites and the distributive outcomes promised by elected officials to their constituencies, unless those officials and their bureaucratic colleagues share certain common values of profession or education.
	www.mdah.state.ms.us /arlib/er/finrept7.html (1366 words)

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		Although only a week is specifically devoted to the United States, American government and politics are used as a point of illustration and comparison throughout the course; it is therefore assumed that students will be at least moderately informed and attentive to current developments in American politics.
		Examinations will be based on readings and on lectures about equally.
		However, students should be aware that the lectures will include material not covered in the text and that reading the text, though necessary, is not a substitute for class attendance.
	www.uwm.edu /Dept/Polsci/syllabi/103s.html (399 words)

	Recovering and Examining Computer Forensic Evidence by Noblett et al. (Forensic Science Communications, October 2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Regardless of where the examinations are conducted, a valid and reliable forensic examination is required.
		As a case in point, a DNA examination in a rape case can be conducted without knowledge of the victim's name, the subject, or the specific circumstances of the crime.
		Traditional forensic examinations, such as the DNA examination of blood recovered from a crime scene, lend themselves to a routine and standardized series of steps that can be repeated in case after case.
	www.fbi.gov /programs/lab/fsc/backissu/oct2000/computer.htm (3539 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
		The bureaucratic nightmare of replacing school records is currently underway, while letters of confirmation will be issued in place of graduation certificates.
		Meanwhile, the nationwide examination this year did not surprise high school students in Jakarta as the questions were not much different to previous years.
		The fact that this year's examination was not much different to previous years raised criticism from experts.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20050531.A04 (608 words)

	China - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		This ended with the Qin Dynasty unification, during which the office of the emperor was set up, and a system of bureaucratic administration established.
		For centuries, opportunity for economic and social advancement in China could be provided by high performance on the imperial examinations.
		This led to a meritocracy, though in practice this was possible only among those who were not female or too poor to afford test preparation, as doing well still required tutorship.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/c/h/i/China.html (5334 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The examined candidates were not infrequently boycotted by the latter department, the former answering by going on strike during the examinations.
		The examinations of China tested whether or not the candidate's mind was thoroughly steeped in literature and whether or not he possessed the ways of thought suitable to a cultured man and resulting from cultivation in literature.
		After the applicant for office had luckily passed the examinations for the higher degrees with their strict seclusion, and after, at long last, he had moved into an office corresponding to the number and rank of examinations passed and depending on his patronage, he still remained throughout his life under the control of the school.
	www.ripon.edu /academics/pogo/chineseliteri.html (10961 words)

	Fall, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The objective of this course is to explore and analyze selected problems of democracy through an examination of the writings of both classical and modern political philosophers.
		Examinations: There will be 3 examinations corresponding to the major divisions of the syllabus.
		Examinations will have both objective and essay components and are intended to test your comprehension of the central themes and issues discussed in class and your ability to write a clear, logical and well developed argument in response to a “structured essay” question.
	www.louisville.edu /~smmata01/384syll.htm (1575 words)

	Print Article
		Participants in a University of Utah study examining a link between nuclear fallout and thyroid disease will learn whether they may need future medical treatment before the study shuts down later this summer.
		Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch earlier this year asked the CDC to continue funding the project, but CDC director Julie Gerberding responded in a letter that no further resources were available for the work.
		Lyon said bureaucratic delays prevented his staff from completing the necessary work in a timely manner.
	www.downwinders.org /Studend.html (553 words)

	"Chinese Sciences" and the "Triumph" of "Modern Science" in China
		Moreover, examiners used policy questions on natural events and anomalies to gainsay the widespread penetration of popular religion and the mantic arts among examination candidates and to keep such beliefs out of politics.
		Careful scrutiny of Ming dynasty examination records also reveals that civil examinations also tested the candidates' knowledge of astronomy, the calendar, and other aspects of the natural world, which were referred to as "natural studies" (tzu-jan chih hsueh).
		Because the provincial examination halls in Shun-t'ien, where the metropolitan examinations in Peking had also been held, had been burned down by the foreign troops sent in to relieve the Boxer siege of the international legations, the metropolitan examination could not be held in Peking.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/HPS/RethinkingSciCiv/etexts/Elman/Chinese_Sciences.html (10381 words)

	abst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Unfortunately, this important principal-agent relationship has not been incorporated into the examinations of the bureaucratic behavior of the Fed. This paper re-examines the Fed's tendency to engage in expense-preference behavior while controlling for both monetary and fiscal constitutions.
		A body of literature has developed that argues that bureaucratic effects and institutional incentives have had a significant impact on the development and conduct of monetary policy.
		An underlying issue in this debate is whether variables proxying bureaucratic or institutional effects emanating from the incentives contained in the structure of the central bank add information to models of monetary policy that attribute only public service or altruistic motives to policy makers.
	www.mercer.edu /SSBE/faculty/mounts/abst.html (699 words)

	Author-generated Dublin Core Metadata for Web Resources: Greenberg et al.: JoDI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Qualitative metadata examinations can be problematic because they demonstrate a subjective condition and because "to date, no consensus has been reached on conceptual and operational definitions of metadata quality" (Moen 1997).
		A closer examination showed that, in these two cases, the authors' interpretation emphasized "subject" relation, which is not supported by the Dublin Core's official list of qualifiers for this element (Dublin Core Qualifiers 2000).
		However, the context of this examination needs be considered, in that it was primarily conducted to gather baseline data about the feasibility of implementing an author-generated metadata project at NIEHS.
	jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk /Articles/v02/i02/Greenberg (5154 words)

	Bureaucracy by Ludwig von Mises (1944): Section 2
		It is frequently asserted that bureaucratic management is incompatible with democratic government and institutions.
		(Incidentally we have to realize that even a despotic government cannot do without regulations and bureaucratic directives if it is not to degenerate into a chaotic regime of local caciques and to disintegrate into a multitude of petty despotisms.) The aim of the constitutional state also is public welfare.
		The characteristic feature that distinguishes it from despotism is that not the authorities but the duly elected people’s representatives have to decide what best serves the commonweal.
	www.mises.org /etexts/mises/bureaucracy/section2.asp (5178 words)

	Rogers State University
		The examinations will be a combination of multiple-choice and true-false, with a small bonus section that gives students additional opportunities to earn the maximum number of points available per test.
		Each examination is worth one hundred points, with the best two of three counting toward students’ final grade.
		Students with questions regarding their performance on specific examinations should wait until the following day, and then approach the instructor for clarification during office hours.
	www.rsu.edu /faculty/khicks/Syllabi/POLS1113.2485.htm (5354 words)

	NOVA Online \| Secrets of Lost Empires \| China Bridge \| China's Age of Invention
		To a large extent, they were chosen on the basis of their success in the official examinations.
		We depend on this Chinese examination system that was brought to the West.
		Before the introduction of examinations and the bureaucratic system that came from China, society was very much hierarchical and dependent upon who you were, in what family or occupation you were born into, and your social status.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/lostempires/china/age2.html (1141 words)

	Chapter 10, Chapter Overview, U.S. Government, Texas Edition, Glencoe, 2003
		Chapter 10 introduces the components of a bureaucratic organization and discusses its advantages and disadvantages.
		Section 1 deals with the components of bureaucratic organization and their functions in the federal government.
		Under the spoils system, presidents were able to fire government employees and hire those that shared their views.
	www.glencoe.com /sec/socialstudies/govciv/usgov2003/tx/chap10/overview.shtml (220 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 67 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Boards in a joint announcement in October last year said the examinees would be able to sit for the HSC examinations in 2004 if they passed in the failed subject in 2002.
		In that case, those examinees will be allowed to appear in the HSC examinations in 2004 if they passed in the failed subject, the announcement said.
		The board will allow them to appear in the examination for the last time, but they require a new registration, if the previous one expires.
	www.thedailystar.net /2003/08/02/d3080201033.htm (375 words)

	G.W.F. Hegel -- Social and Political Thought [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		The task of government is not to thoroughly bureaucratize civil society but rather to provide oversight, regulation, and when necessary intervention.
		It has continuity with the works discussed above in examining the development of the human mind in relation to human experience but is more wide-ranging in also addressing fundamental questions about the meaning of perceiving, knowing, and other cognitive activities as well as of the nature of reason and reality.
		Individuals are appointed to executive functions on the basis of their knowledgibility and proof of ability and tenure is conditional on the fulfillment of duties, with the offices in the civil service being open to all citizens.
	www.iep.utm.edu /h/hegelsoc.htm (14441 words)

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