Management Essay, Research Paper

brought their own unique ideas on how to rule not only the citizens of the United States, but also the government. One of the first problems that more recent presidents have encountered is that many times the ?president and the executive bureaucracies may be natural enemies?(American Foreign Policy, p.485). The reason for this is because many of the high officials have held their position for years, even decades and are often stuck on past events or certain ways of thinking. For example, when President Clinton took office, he was met by people who still had the effects of the Cold War on their minds. Being stuck on this event hindered efforts of foreign policy between the former Soviet Union and the United States. Even though the end of the cold war has brought new ways of thinking, new problems like changing standard operating procedures and reallocating existing resources present a challenge.

Bureaucratic sabotage and the inability to follow orders have also created problems. In 1961, President Kennedy felt that American Jupiter missiles in Turkey should be removed. He then told the State Department to begin negotiations with Turkey to withdrawal the missiles. Negotiations came to a halt when the Turkish Government rejected the idea of withdrawing the missiles, and State Department officials decided to go against what President Kennedy wanted and concluded negotiations, leaving the missiles in Turkey. Again, sabotage played a role when President Clinton shot down plans made by the CIA to depose Haiti?s leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The Clinton Administration cited that it did not trust the CIA to carry out its planned covert actions. Both of these events and many others show the negative effects of bureaucratic sabotage and also the inability to follow orders.

As previously stated, different presidents bring different ideas and different ways of thinking. When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office, his idea was to ?deliberately disorganize his system of command to insure that important decisions were

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brought their own unique ideas on how to rule not only the citizens of the United States, but also the government. One of the first problems that more recent presidents have encountered is that many times the ?president and the executive bureaucracies may be natural enemies?(American Foreign Policy, p.485). The reason for this is because many of the high officials have held their position for years, even decades and are often stuck on past events or certain ways of thinking. For example, when President Clinton took office, he was met by people who still had the effects of the Cold War on their minds. Being stuck on this event hindered efforts of foreign policy between the former Soviet Union and the United States. Even though the end of the cold war has brought new ways of thinking, new problems like changing standard operating procedures and reallocating existing resources present a challenge.

Bureaucratic sabotage and the inability to follow orders have also created problems. In 1961, President Kennedy felt that American Jupiter missiles in Turkey should be removed. He then told the State Department to begin negotiations with Turkey to withdrawal the missiles. Negotiations came to a halt when the Turkish Government rejected the idea of withdrawing the missiles, and State Department officials decided to go against what President Kennedy wanted and concluded negotiations, leaving the missiles in Turkey. Again, sabotage played a role when President Clinton shot down plans made by the CIA to depose Haiti?s leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The Clinton Administration cited that it did not trust the CIA to carry out its planned covert actions. Both of these events and many others show the negative effects of bureaucratic sabotage and also the inability to follow orders.

As previously stated, different presidents bring different ideas and different ways of thinking. When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office, his idea was to ?deliberately disorganize his system of command to insure that important decisions were