29 March 2014

Many community projects are often criticized for the length of it or the cost. Strategies are ridiculed for their inefficiency. While true to some extent, there are only a handful of reasons to call projects inefficient. In the Bureaucracy, James Winston describes efficiency as a ratio of valued resources used to valued outputs produced( 305). How are the projects inefficient? People might be unsatisfied with as a result from their personal valued outputs being interfered with. Not being able to skate on an ice rink for the winter could be an upset. Spending unnecessary tax dollars would be seen as absurd. A non eco-friendly cooling system would cause distress amongst fervent environmentalists. An ideal system would be appreciated, however, an attempt to perfect a society would be impossible. Critics would call the system corrupt and demand reform. Ignorance prevents them from seeing the bigger picture. Equity would be an accepted in our culture that the bureaucracy chooses to follow. For every project, an equal chance has to be given to all contractors. Rather than the best being chosen, any contractor has an equal chance to participate and pursue the project needed to be completed. For every change, fiscal integrity demands new legislation to be implemented. The bureaucracy will be held accountable for all actions taken place and would not enjoy to be criticized for mistakes. A tradeoff between the efficiency of an individual project or the efficiency of the government as a whole has to be made. If given the choice between a corrupt project or a corrupt government, not many would argue in favor of the project. While on a small scale inefficiency might be present, the bigger picture, thankfully, is not crooked.