principles of bureaucratic theory ppt
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Bureaucratic Theory
BY
Max Weber
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Introduction
Max Weber’s Bureaucratic Theory
Bureaucratic Theory was developed by a German
Sociologist and political economist Max
Weber(1864-1920).
According to him, bureaucracy is the most efficient
form of organization. The organization has a well-
defined line of authority. It has clear rules and
regulations which are strictly followed.
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Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy refers to a specialized system and process of
maintaining uniformity or authority within an organization.
Bureaucratic processes are most common in
Large organizations Government
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Principles of Bureaucratic theory
Job specialization
Authority hierarchy
Formal selections
Formal rules and regulations
Impersonality
• career orientation
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Job specialization
Jobs are divided into simple, routine and fixed category based on
competence and functional specialization.
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Authority Hierarchy
• Officers are organized in hierarchy in which higher officer
controls lower position holders i.e. superior controls
subordinates and their performance of subordinates and lower
staff could be controlled.
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Formal selection
• All organizational members are to be selected on the basis of
technical qualifications and competence demonstrated by
training, education or formal examination.
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Formal rules and Regulations
• To ensure uniformity and to regulate actions of employees,
managers must depend heavily upon formal organizational
rules and regulations. Thus, rules of law lead to
impersonality in interpersonal relations.
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Impersonality
• Rules and controls are applied uniformly, avoiding
involvement with personalities and preferences of employees.
Biasness and favoritism are not preferred.
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Career orientation
• Career building opportunity is offered. Promotions and salary
hikes are strictly based on technical competence. They work
for a fixed salaries and pursue their career within the
organization.
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Criticism of Bureaucratic Organization
Bureaucratic organization is criticized because of the following
reasons :-
• Bureaucratic organization is a very rigid type of organization.
It does not give importance to human relations. It is suitable
for government organizations. It is also suitable for
organizations where change is very slow.
• Too much emphasis on rules and regulations. The rules and
regulations are rigid and inflexible.
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• There will be unnecessary delay in decision-making due to
formalities and rules.
• Bureaucracy involves a lot of paper work. This results in lot
of wastage of time, effort and money.
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