Monday, 7 April 2014

Characteristic of Ideals types of Bureaucracy



            Characteristic of Ideals types of Bureaucracy
Weber identifies bureaucracy as the most and efficient form of the organization devised by man. Bureaucracy is rational in that it involves control based on knowledge; it has clearly defined spheres of competence; it operates according to analyzable rules, and has calculability in its operations.
Bureaucracy is efficient because of its precision, speed, consistency, availability of records, continuity, and possibility of secrecy, unity, and rigorous coordination, and minimization of interpersonal friction, personnel costs, and material costs.
Weber analyzed bureaucracy not empirically but as an “ideal type” derived from the most characteristic bureaucratic features of all known organizations. He defined the main characteristic of this ideal type of bureaucracy:

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