{"id":22884,"date":"2024-07-25T16:16:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T10:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=22884"},"modified":"2024-07-25T16:16:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T10:46:01","slug":"how-decisions-are-made-in-bureaucracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/how-decisions-are-made-in-bureaucracy\/","title":{"rendered":"How decisions are made in Bureaucracy | Ethics for UPSC Civil Services Examination | Triumph IAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22780\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-Comprehensive-Classroom-cum-Test-Series-1-150x58.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-Comprehensive-Classroom-cum-Test-Series-1-150x58.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/A-Comprehensive-Classroom-cum-Test-Series-1-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >What's Inside this Blog!<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/how-decisions-are-made-in-bureaucracy\/#How_decisions_are_made_in_Bureaucracy_Relevant_for_Public_Ethics_Integrity_and_Aptitude\" title=\"How decisions are made in Bureaucracy [Relevant for Public Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude]\">How decisions are made in Bureaucracy [Relevant for Public Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude]<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/how-decisions-are-made-in-bureaucracy\/#Related_Blogs_%E2%80%A6\" title=\"Related Blogs &#8230;\">Related Blogs &#8230;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/how-decisions-are-made-in-bureaucracy\/#Find_More_Blogs%E2%80%A6\" title=\"Find More Blogs&#8230;\">Find More Blogs&#8230;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_decisions_are_made_in_Bureaucracy_Relevant_for_Public_Ethics_Integrity_and_Aptitude\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>How decisions are made in Bureaucracy <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><em>[Re<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">levant for Public <\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude<\/strong><\/em><em><b>]<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The bureaucracy is a mindless machine that turns out decisions mechanically. The rule-bound administration may look very neat and tidy, but it may not be able to serve the wider cause of public interest in public administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-22886\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/What-is-bureaucracy-e1721904329490-150x101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"812\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/What-is-bureaucracy-e1721904329490-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/What-is-bureaucracy-e1721904329490-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/What-is-bureaucracy-e1721904329490-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/What-is-bureaucracy-e1721904329490-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/What-is-bureaucracy-e1721904329490-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/What-is-bureaucracy-e1721904329490.jpg 1183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Still another argument can be derived from <strong>Herbert Simon\u2019s<\/strong> discussion on administrative decision making.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">According to Simon, administrative decision is often based on ground other than those of efficiency and economy. Social and psychological factors greatly influence the way decisions are taken by the decision-makers. The importance of sense of public interest as an ethical commitment in public administration assumes significance in this context.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>As it has been very aptly commented upon by Herbert Simon:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>\u201cThe most frequently hidden agenda in the deliberations of public servants is the effects of substantive or procedural decision upon the personal lives and fortunes of those deliberations and yet the very call to serve a large public often evoke a degree of selflessness and nobility on the part of public servants beyond the capacity of cynics to recognize or to believe. 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