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To: E. Charters who wrote (44784)7/13/2007 7:24:54 PM
From: LoneClone  Read Replies (1) of 78417
 
It’s amazing to me how people stereotype civil servants as lazy. Having grown up in a government town, I know and have worked with quite a few, and they work just as hard, if not harder, than the people I know who work in the private sector.

There are reasons why bureaucracies work, and/or fail to work, the way they do. People often mistake the strictures of working in a bureaucracy for laziness on behalf of the workers. This failing is especially true for die-hard individualists, who seem unable to grasp this, probably because they are the last people who would ever want to work in a bureaucracy.

But if you are interesting in learning more about this topic, I would recommend starting with the brilliant insights of Max Weber and moving forward from there through studies in organizational communication and sociology.

The bureaucratic method of operation is a very powerful tool, and like all powerful tools, its use both confer great benefits and, sometimes at the same time, can be very detrimental.

LC
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