McDonalds Machine Bureaucracy vs. The failure of various modern institutional bureaucracies to achieve their goals: power struggles, inability to plan and anticipate disasters, blame and vague rolesThe bureaucratic failures of US government agencies to prevent the terrorist attacks of September 11 are the result of an inadequate bureaucratic structure. This problem could be solved by restructuring to achieve greater healthcare bureaucracy. One effective bureaucracy noted was that of the McDonald's Corporation. McDonalds and its mechanical bureaucracy can be used to address some of the problems faced by US federal and institutional bureaucracies such as FEMA, TSA, and Homeland Security. Event September 11 terrorist attack The September 11 terrorist attacks resulted in more than 3,000 civilian deaths in New York and Washington (Tintura 2008). Commercial airliners with civilian passengers were hijacked and flown at high speed directly into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Television images of the collapse of New York City's largest buildings left a lasting impression on Americans. The nation found itself in a new war, the “war on terrorism” with a hidden enemy bent on killing as many innocent civilians as possible. Bureaucratic response: the development of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the implementation of the Patriot Act: as a measure to reformulate the previously ineffective structure. Why do we as policy makers often approach a problem incorrectly? Well, this error usually occurs in the initial phase of the decision-making process, i.e. the problem identification phase. Too often, as policymakers, we fail to see the whole picture and, as a result, fail to create policies that address these problems. ...... half of the document ...... put preventative measures in place to avoid catastrophes such as the failure of FEMA during Katrina, the failure of government agencies to prevent 9/11, and their failure to effectively address the problem of terrorism with the new found DHS, Department of Homeland Security. References: Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (2008). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership (4th ed., pp. 80-83). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms > G-7 Mission AssuranceDye, T. R. (2008). Understanding public policy (12th ed., pp. 315-331). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson: Prentice Hall. Legislative requirements and key terms: national terrorism reports. (2007, April 30). In the US State Department: Diplomacy in action. Retrieved November 30, 2011, from http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/82726.htm