BUREAUCRACY IN THE PHILIPPINES

That the Philippine government has consistently failed in satisfying the needs and growing expectations of the Filipino people is a fact rather than a perception. What is widel y perceived however, is that such failure of government is only due to the inefficiency of its bureaucracy to produce and deliver public goods and services. To accept the perception that the inefficiency of the bureaucracy is the main culprit in the failu re of government is to grant the dichotomization of the orientation of governance and the administration of its affairs.
In Max Weber's Bureaucracy, he pointed out that there should be reform in the pre-existing type of bureaucracy which is generally slow, and prone to red tape. It becomes very inconvenient because outputs are altered and delayed due to the very complex process and heavy paperworks indicating greater input allocation with very less output. This usually happen in our Local Government Office when most employees were too busy of the technicalities alloting too much time and effort uneffectively. This kind of system should be dissolved therefore.
Another thing Weber pointed out in his essay was the abolishment of personalism, nepotism, and familism. One should employ and give credit to his employee based on merits and personal skills not because that person is personally attached to the employer. Another example is favoritism during what is supposed to be “please-fall-in-line” matters. Wonder why a mayor's son or the governor's brother easily gets a driver's license without much exerted effort with that of a commoner. There should be equality among consumers and that each should be viewed as priority eradicating the VIP system.
There should be reeingineering and reconstruction of bureaucracy specifically here in our country were most of us experienced it too often that I'm afraid it would someday become a norm and changing it would be impossible. The change is now.