Your anecdotes remind me of a book titled Planning (http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/service_pubs/mcdp5.pdf) which was published by the United States Marines Corps in 1997 to describe its philosophy towards (what else?) planning. The book describes the USMC's approach to planning as adapting to a plan as circumstances require rather than rigidly adhering to a plan made early in the process:
"We will rarely, if ever, conduct an evolution exactly the way it was originally developed."
The inability to adapt to unforeseen consequences is one of bureaucracy's worst flaws. The problem is that they often cannot adapt or flex as it is their task to enforce regulations made by the legislature as closely to the letter as possible. The cause of their failure, therefore, appears to be a disconnect between the legislators and the bureaucrats tasked with enforcing the laws they pass. Do you believe involving the relevant agencies in the decision-making process would help matters or do you believe that it would only worsen them?
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Date: 17/11/10 04:01 (UTC)"We will rarely, if ever, conduct an evolution exactly the way it was originally developed."
The inability to adapt to unforeseen consequences is one of bureaucracy's worst flaws. The problem is that they often cannot adapt or flex as it is their task to enforce regulations made by the legislature as closely to the letter as possible. The cause of their failure, therefore, appears to be a disconnect between the legislators and the bureaucrats tasked with enforcing the laws they pass. Do you believe involving the relevant agencies in the decision-making process would help matters or do you believe that it would only worsen them?