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| What is the role of a city manager? |
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| To implement policy in an efficient and effective manner |
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| In completing his role, the city manager must interpret what? |
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| He must interpret the intent of the city council members that enacted the policy |
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| When might conflicts arise between the city council and the city manager? |
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| Conflicts may arise when policy is translated into action. |
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| Why might there be conflict between a city manager and the city council on policy matters? |
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| City council may enact policy that is either vague, or may have different intentions when the policy was enacted. Conversely, the role of a city manager is to implement policy in an efficient and effective manner, and in doing so, must interpret the intent of the city council members that enacted the policy. Hence, conflicts may arise when policy is translated into action. |
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| What are the functions of the city manager? |
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The manager is responsible for hiring and firing key administrators; preparing the budget for council consideration,
prepares the council agenda,
and serves as the chief information link between the council and the city bureaucracy. |
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| Which of the City Manger functions do you believe is most important? |
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| I think we may be asked to write about this in an essay?? I would suggest making sure you understand completely whatever function you previously chose. |
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| the functions of preparing the budget and agenda-setting can give the city manager power and influence over ... |
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| what is discussed and what is not discussed. |
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| The function of serving as the key information link gives the manager the power to... |
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| shape and filter information through to the council and back to the bureaucracy. |
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| The manager’s ability to hire and fire administrators can exert an influence on... |
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| how government departments work and influence the overall culture of the bureucracy. |
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| The rational model of organization is characterized by what? |
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hierarchy,
superior-subordinate relationships; specialization;
rules and procedures;
professionalism, and impersonality. |
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| Review Dr. Casey's answer to Question 3 |
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| Describe how we have a schizophrenic view of the bureaucracy |
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| On the one hand, as argued by Von Mises and Burnham, the bureaucracy is a powerful force in modern society and even a dangerous force. On the other hand, we make fun of the bureaucracy as bumbling and lethargic with its red tape and inefficiencies. |
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| Weber is said to have drawn his insights from the... |
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| The factors that contribute to the political influence of the bureaucracy include the following: |
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| Administrators have expertise in there area which they can bring to bear when a policy issue is under consideration; they are repositories for information and hence, indispensible in policy-making; the exercise bureaucratic discretion by interpreting policies on the ground; there is a great deal of continuity in the bureaucracy; administrators often have linkages to interest groups or organize their own; and they can engage in electoral politics as voters, through political endorsements, or help candidates with information or warn them of problems. |
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| Review Page 6 of lecture for lesson 12 |
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Using the five basic patterns of distribution, which pattern occurs if the poor receive more benefits.
A. Equality
B. Cumulative
C. Curvilinear
D. Compensatory
E. Not listed |
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Who is the most important administrative official in city government?
a. sheriff
b. council member
c. mayor
d. city manager |
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Which is not an example of citizen evaluations used to assess agency outputs?
a. outcome-centered evaluations
b. problem-centered evaluations
c. resolution-centered evaluations
d. relationship-centered evaluations |
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| ?????? Does anyone know? I couldn't find this.. |
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The following is not a duty of the city manager in a counsel-manager government:
A. Budgeting
B. City staffing
C. Counsel agenda
D. Enacting counsel resolutions
E. All of the above
F. None of the above |
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| D. Enacting counsel resolutions |
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All of the following are examples of dimensions in Max Weber’s ideal type bureaucracy except?
a. hierarchy
b. specialization
c. characterization
d. red tape |
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What are some criticisms of privatizing public services?
A. Holding people accountable
B. The potential of monopolies
C. The city has no influence over implementation of service delivery
D. All of the above |
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Which issue of public administration is in effect a cost-benefit relationship?
a. responsiveness
b. equity
c. distribution
d. efficiency
e. none of the above |
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Administrators frequently have linkages to:
a) Interest groups
b) Political power
c) Corruption |
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Who was the first to define the role of the public administrator?
A. Woodrow Wilson
B. Paul Kantor
C. Max Weber
D. None of the above |
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Modern day city managers are expected to be:
Neutral
Progressive
Conservative
Politically active |
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According to Lesson 12 lecture, In many cities with the counsel-manager system, city managers are responsible for all but which of the following:
A) Setting the agenda
B) Submitting the budget
C) Hiring and firing key administrators
D) Formulating written policy for the city |
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| D) Formulating written policy for the city |
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Which is not a factor discussed that contributes to the political influence of bureaucrats?
a. Discretion
b. Expertise
c. Information
d. Money |
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A formalized chain-of-command utilizing a pyramid structure where authority move up and commands move down in a superior-subordinate relationship as discussed in Weber’s ideal bureaucracy is known as (a) ____________.
A) Hierarchy
B) Span of control
C) Bureaucratic mess
D) Government waste |
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A formalized chain-of-command utilizing a pyramid structure where authority move up and commands move down in a superior-subordinate relationship as discussed in Weber’s ideal bureaucracy is known as (a) ____________.
A) Hierarchy
B) Span of control
C) Bureaucratic mess
D) Government waste |
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Most of the work in the public sector is carried out by whom?
A. Street Level Bureaucrats
B. Council
C. Mayor
D. None of the above |
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| A. Street Level Bureaucrats |
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Which is not an issue in public administration?
A.) Responsiveness
B.) Efficiency and Effectiveness
C.) Distribution of Services
D.) All of above are issues in public administration. |
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| D.) All of above are issues in public administration. |
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Which is an important coping strategy that aids in the establishment of internal bureaucratic control?
A) Retreat from discretion
B) Denial of discretion
C) Defense mechanism
D) Routines of practice |
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| Reformers advocate having large city councils in order to ensure all stakeholders in the community are represented. True or False |
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All the following are characteristic of Max Weber’s Rational Ideal Bureaucracy EXCEPT:
A. Hierarchy of Command
B. Professionalism
C. Specialization
D. Egalitarian, team-based work environments |
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| D. Egalitarian, team-based work environments |
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Which of the following is a role of the city manager?
a) Preparation of the budget
b) Hiring and firing of key administrators
c) Preparation of the council agenda
d) All of the above |
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Which of Loveridge’s city manager defined roles is most closely split between those that agree and those that disagree?
a) Policy Neutral
b) Political Advocate
c) Political Leader
d) Political Recruiter |
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Who is considered the most influential scholar in the ideal bureaucratic model?
A. Colleen Casey
B. Max Weber
C. Paul Kantor
D. Dennis Judd |
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