Current understanding of how to change human behaviour is derived from the various sciences of human behaviour and from two overlapping types of research.[29] First, basic research, consisting of the development of theory describing the processes which shape behaviour and empirical, including experimental, tests of this theory.
Q1 What is bureaucracy, and what role does it play in government? A1 A bureaucracy is a hierarchical organization in which offices have specified missions and. employees are assigned responsibilities based on merit, knowledge, and experience.
The federal bureaucracy is part of the executive branch, which means that the president exercises ultimate control over it. But managing a bureaucracy this large is too difficult for one person, so there is an agencyâthe Executive Office of the Presidentâthat assists the president in running the federal bureaucracy. The most critical members of the Executive Office work in the West Wing of the White House. More directly, the individual departments and agencies of the federal bureaucracy are managed by officials appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.