The top level of the bureaucracy is most directly responsible to

The top level of the bureaucracy is most directly responsible to implement rules.

Top level bureaucrats have been the standard fare of studies of bureaucracy. Max Weber’s (1988) treatment of the subject, a sheet-anchor for the study of bureaucracy ever since, has been widely interpreted as a reflection on the role of very senior administrative levels and, in particular, their policy-making roles (see also Armstrong, 1973; Suleiman, 1975; 1978; and Aberbach, Putnam and Rockman, 1981).