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The previous section attempted to substantiate power cycles in Chilean presidential regimes by means of voting returns, budgetary data, inflation figures. and number of casnalties in civil dis-orders. For many, these indicators would be unsatisfactory substitutes .. Iames S. e Yehezke1 Dror, Public PoliqIMkitlg RU;«Jmitld. pp. l-II; and Awtin Ranney. ) , FoUr/cui Srunu and Public Policy. pp. l-21 . Abraham Kaptan, The Conduct o/Inqulry: Mtthodology for Bthavlorcrl Sci. ~nce, p. 399. lI) and varmblc pel'1OlIal qualilkalio", (,esources) operale within a role set (ttlvironmttlf ).
Despite their technologies, their position in the bureaucratic hierarchy, the degree of uncertainty in their environments , or their centralized or decentralized status, these organizations m~t compete with one another to receive adequate funding for their programs. An initiation to Chilean bUdgetary practices can prove to be conceptually confounding. ) The bUdgetary law ostensi bly gives the Finance ministry the authority to distribute all allocations, yet Congress intervenes to p(()vide special taxes for individual agencies.
1bompson, pp. 27 If. , TVA tutd 'hI aran Roo/l. p. 20. "Sclulit;k, pp. 12-16. Administrative Theory 21 on both the input and outputlides, even though it may nOI be aware of their complete range. Thc contextual environment cnnsists of the rclatiom which the entities Inctuded in thc lask cnvironmcnl have 10 cach olbcr and 10 other systems not directly entering the world of the organization'l own transactions. "" 1'his book on Chilean bureaucracy during the 1960's, when dealing with environmental influences, will concentrate almost exclusively on the task environment of the various agencies studied.