What can stand alone when applying for a job? -cover letter and resume
-resume and transcript
-transcript and cover letter
-recommendations

a photo collage of women at work during world war 2

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.