What determines the distribution of information acquired within the hierarchy of a public organization? Without market … processes, the generation and absorption of information in bureaucracy relies on individual actors undertaking costly action to … acquire it. This paper reports on comparisons between individual-level claims by public officials in the Government of …

phenomena of hierarchy (vertical organisation of tasks) and bureaucracy (rule-bound execution of tasks). The result is a … colourful kaleidoscope of thought-provoking, critical and refreshingly non-mainstream analysis of hierarchy and bureaucracy. The … on the analysis of organisational, cultural and socio-psychological aspects of hierarchy and bureaucracy by interrogating …