List 3 things that lead to the colonization of africa.

There were many factors that led to the colonization of Africa one was the desire to control the valuable natural resources that existed in African territories. Another major reason was that colonies were seen as a status symbol that could increase the prestige of a state and also the states real power relative to other states. Therefore, states were not powerful states in Europe unless they possessed major colonies. In Africa the colonization was also facilitated by the proximity of Africa to Europe thereby it was easier for European states to get to Africa. 

An informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.