Organisation bureaucracy

There appears to be some overlap between these organisations, and it is not clear at present whether the additional resources to carry out the work specified by NEA and IAEA are being defined and what the procedure is for providing both the trained personnel and the funds. There is also a need for collaboration and rationalisation with other bodies such as the World Health and World Meteorological Organisations. It is important that the momentum of work and exchanges in the smnmer of 1986 is not allowed to falter in consequence of the inertia of governments and international bureaucracy. 

This term has come to be used to describe what are felt to be the worst features of contemporary organisation and conjures up visions of over-regulation, inflexible procedures, red tape, disinterest in the customer and accountability to a faceless committee. However, Weber considers that bureaucracy has a crucial role in our society as the central element in any kind of large scale administration but in its most rational form depends upon rules, procedures and authority to achieve its control. He suggests it has the following characteristics ... 

While good organisational and administrative arrangements are necessary to ensure risk assessments are tmdertaken and implemented effectively, problems can arise which jeopardise the risk assessment process in particular and health and safety in general. These problems can arise in three major areas, bureaucracy, conflict, and loss of focus. 

Traditional organisations have grown heavy with layer upon layer of management and bureaucracy,... 

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