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PADM 3420 Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 principal-agent relationship - ANSWERSthe principal is the owner of the property (politicians), and the agent is who works for the principal (bureaucrats) problem:mismatch between interests control: reduce autonomy & limit resources with constrain...

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PADM 3420 Exam Questions & Answers
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principal-agent relationship - ANSWERSthe principal is the owner of the property (politicians), and the
agent is who works for the principal (bureaucrats)

problem:mismatch between interests

control: reduce autonomy & limit resources with constraints



information asymmetry - ANSWERSthe agent/bureaucrat knows more because they're specialized



Autonomy - ANSWERSindependence, being out of control. determinants are the rules that shape the
level of autonomy bureaucrats have



resource extraction - ANSWERSthe authority, budget, and personnel

determinants are political support



types of goods - ANSWERSprivate, club, common, public



Departments Performing Essential Government Functions - ANSWERSState, Treasury, Defense



Departments Reflecting the Needs of a Growing Nation - ANSWERSJustice, Interior



Clientele Departments - ANSWERSagriculture, labor, commerce



Departments Reflecting National Priorities - ANSWERShealth & human services, housing & urban
development, transportation, energy, homeland security



New Clientele Departments - ANSWERSEducation, Veterans Affairs

, Independent Agencies - ANSWERSReport directly to Congress or the President

ex: NASA, EPA, Smithsonian



government corporation - ANSWERSa business owned and operated by the federal government

ex: Federal Reserve, Post Office



Weber's views the bureaucracy - ANSWERSshould be run more like a business

1.) formal hierarchical structure

2.) management by rules

3.) organization by functional specialty

4.) purposely impersonal

5.) employment based on technical qualifications



Proxy Administration - ANSWERSThe government's use of indirect means to deliver public goods and
services, such as contracting, grants-in-aid, loan guarantees, and government-sponsored enterprises



Federal Personnel System - ANSWERSCareer Civil Service, Senior Executive Service, Separate Merit
Systems, Expected Service, Executive Schedule



competitive civil service - ANSWERSthe government offices to which people are appointed on the basis
of merit



Senior Executive Service - ANSWERShigher positions, GS 16-18, 10% are appointed, do not have job
security



Separate Merit System - ANSWERS30% of agencies have own merit system

Ex: Post Office



Expected Service - ANSWERSAppointment of officials not based on the criteria specified by OPM

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