ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the significance of bureaucratic expansion and investigates if a government has an ideal size. It explores the ways to cease bureaucratic expansion, and discusses this possibility with peers. As an administrator, it is not difficult to understand why bureaucratic expansion is unavoidable because it is one of the managerial tools to motivate employees. Upon arrival in a new administrative position, managers will quickly realize that the goal of the game among bureaucrats in an agency is to be promoted as fast as possible. There is a famous 'law', namely Parkinson's Law, describing bureaucratic expansion that results in creating more positions than necessary. Even though bureaucratic expansion is the universal trend, expanding an organization is not an easy task for the organization concerned. The New Public Management (NPM) movement, in particular, contributed to spreading the idea of small government.
