class discussion

 Your choice of questions for Theory. Answer Two questions. and only use the sources that I attached not from out

1.  Max Weber defined bureaucracy by six characteristics. Evaluate the bureaucratic environment in Flint from the point of view of Weber.

Discuss the following:

• Hierarchy of Command
• Rules and Regulation of management
• Division of labor and work specialization by department
• The nature of impersonal relationships in the various agencies.
• The competence of the employees enrolled in the case.
• Comment on the formal rules, regulations, procedures, and decisions by the various organizations and agencies.

1. Discuss Theory X and Theory Y with respect to Flint, Michigan.
   1. Which of the two theories is more plausible and why given the information.
2. Is Flint, Michigan a “Wicked Problem” according to Rittel & Webber?
3. What safeguards would you propose to prevent or minimize the inefficiencies or failures of bureaucracy? (Note: you may use the definitions of Woodrow Wilson, Max Weber or any other major theorist of Public Administration.)

Flint + Bureaucracy

https://psmag.com/the-bureaucratic-malfeasance-that-created-flint-and-sebring-s-water-crises-3cc6823f3b12#.gkk4lwwru

NPR -- Bureaucrcy

http://michiganradio.org/post/snyder-charges-show-bureaucrats-blame-flint-water-crisis#stream/0

• Fivethirtyeight.com What went wrong in Flint?

  http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-went-wrong-in-flint-water-crisis-michigan/

• Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated with the Flint Drinking Water Crisis

  http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2015.303003

• We helped uncover a public health crisis in Flint, but learned there are costs to doing good science

  http://theconversation.com/we-helped-uncover-a-public-health-crisis-in-flint-but-learned-there-are-costs-to-doing-good-science-54227

• Moving Forward After Flint

  http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2016/3/moving-forward-after-flint

• Informal and Formal Rulemaking

  http://www.wise-intern.org/orientation/documents/crsrulemakingcb.pdf