How Long to Read Breaking Through Bureaucracy

How Long Does it Take to Read Breaking Through Bureaucracy?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read Breaking Through Bureaucracy by Michael Barzelay

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book attacks the conventional wisdom that bureaucrats are bunglers and the system can't be changed. Michael Barzelay and Babak Armajani trace the source of much poor performance in government to the persistent influence of what they call the bureaucratic paradigm—a theory built on such notions as central control, economy and efficiency, and rigid adherence to rules. Rarely questioned, the bureaucratic paradigm leads competent and faithful public servants—as well as politicians—unwittingly to impair government's ability to serve citizens by weakening, misplacing, and misdirecting accountability. How can this system be changed? Drawing on research sponsored by the Ford Foundation/Harvard University program on Innovations in State and Local Government, this book tells the story of how public officials in one state, Minnesota, cast off the conceptual blinders of the bureaucratic paradigm and experimented with ideas such as customer service, empowering front-line employees to resolve problems, and selectively introducing market forces within government. The author highlights the arguments government executives made for the changes they proposed, traces the way these changes were implemented, and summarizes the impressive results. This approach provides would-be bureaucracy busters with a powerful method for dramatically improving the way government manages the public's business. Generalizing from the Minnesota experience and from similar efforts nationwide, the book proposes a new paradigm that will reframe the perennial debate on public management. With its carefully analyzed ideas, real-life examples, and closely reasoned practical advice, Breaking Through Bureaucracy is indispensable to public managers and students of public policy and administration.

How long is Breaking Through Bureaucracy?

Breaking Through Bureaucracy by Michael Barzelay is 268 pages long, and a total of 69,144 words.

This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 85% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Breaking Through Bureaucracy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read Breaking Through Bureaucracy aloud.

What Reading Level is Breaking Through Bureaucracy?

Breaking Through Bureaucracy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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