Essays on Bureaucracy

A bureaucracy is a large organization that is designed to achieve a common goal through a hierarchical organization. The classic perspective on bureaucracy was proposed by German sociologist, Max Weber at the beginning of 20th century. Weber developed a theory of authority structures and described organizational activity based on authority relations. He described an ideal…

Bureaucracy has been studied for a long clip now and many organisations have adopted this theoretical account in the twenty-four hours to twenty-four hours running of their organisation. The purpose of this essay is to research the ideal type bureaucratism developed by Max Weber, its features, the function of power and authorization on it and…

Rationalization and its different manifestation occupied the most of Weberian thought and remained a focused point in his sociological thought. This focus on rationalization also forced him to contemplate on the processes and development of large-scale organizations in the public and private sectors. Weber presented his idea and application of rationalization on the large-scale organizations…

The bureaucracy I will discuss is the company for which I work. We are a large-scale pharmacy benefits manager. If you receive your medication through a home delivery program, there’s a good chance it’s through my employer. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and has sites all over the country. My employer employs…

Rationalization             Rationalization affects our humanity. Weber (1958) defined rationalization as the increasing role of calculation and control in social life. It is a trend leading to the iron cage of bureaucracy. According to him, we have locked ourselves in an iron cage of rationality. Rationalization is our modern horizon. Technological design is believed to…

The Rise of Bureaucratic Authoritarianism in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil and Chile Economic Crisis The populist policies with which the Latin American countries of Argentina, Chile and Brazil had been experimenting during the decades leading up to the 1960’s held apparent benefits for the robust working class population that they contained (O’Donnell). While the working…

What critism can be made? Organizational structure provides a backbone upon which all of a company’s operational policies and work processes are built. It lays out managerial reporting relationships and the flow of ideas, decisions and information of the company. There is no single organizational structure that is inherently better than another. Rather, each structure…

            Since Obama’s inauguration as the next President of the United States of America, the nation has been constantly waiting for the social, political, and economic changes that would take place through Obama’s presidency and leadership. Based on the performance of Obama within the 100 days of his presidency, Andrea Mitchell, a chief correspondent for…

The Ming and Qing Dynasties had similarities such as social structures and examination systems. Both empires had an upper, middle, and lower level to society. The highest class was composed of the emperor and his family, scholar bureaucrats, and landowners. Below them were peasants, artisans, and merchants, and the last class were slaves, indentured servants,…

The aims of the article are quite clear cut. Robert K Merton examines the structure and dysfunctions of a bureaucracy, also structural sources of over conformity. He has provided this article to give the reader an understanding of how an organisation is structured describing the ideal form of bureaucracy in giving us theories, he shows…