Bureaucracy and development: case study of a state directorate

The paper discusses the case of a state directorate involved in the development sector of the economy. It examines the decision making process using a file on which decision was already taken. The analysis of the file movement and the comments made by all the functionaries suggested that the decisio...

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Main Author: Hassan, Arif
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Language:English
Published: Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi, India 2006
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spelling iium-251192012-09-18T01:05:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25119/ Bureaucracy and development: case study of a state directorate Hassan, Arif HF5546 Office management The paper discusses the case of a state directorate involved in the development sector of the economy. It examines the decision making process using a file on which decision was already taken. The analysis of the file movement and the comments made by all the functionaries suggested that the decision making process was extremely cumbersome. It involved too many steps and reflected that officers involved in the decision making process acted more mechanically than sensibly. The paper suggested that several steps in the file movement process were redundant and could be streamlined. This may speed up the process. Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi, India 2006-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25119/1/Bureaucracy_n_develop.pdf Hassan, Arif (2006) Bureaucracy and development: case study of a state directorate. Rajagiri Journal of Social Development, 2 (1). pp. 91-102. ISSN 0973-3086 http://rcss.rajagiri.edu/about-the-journal
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Bureaucracy and development: case study of a state directorate
description The paper discusses the case of a state directorate involved in the development sector of the economy. It examines the decision making process using a file on which decision was already taken. The analysis of the file movement and the comments made by all the functionaries suggested that the decision making process was extremely cumbersome. It involved too many steps and reflected that officers involved in the decision making process acted more mechanically than sensibly. The paper suggested that several steps in the file movement process were redundant and could be streamlined. This may speed up the process.
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author Hassan, Arif
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title Bureaucracy and development: case study of a state directorate
title_short Bureaucracy and development: case study of a state directorate
title_full Bureaucracy and development: case study of a state directorate
title_fullStr Bureaucracy and development: case study of a state directorate
title_full_unstemmed Bureaucracy and development: case study of a state directorate
title_sort bureaucracy and development: case study of a state directorate
publisher Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi, India
publishDate 2006
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/25119/
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