MAX WEBER
Daniel Cassese, Alexandra Vlogiannitis,
Kyle Redmond and Dennis Park
(KYLE)
Max Weber (1864-1920)
 Late 19th century German
sociologist, philosopher, and
political economist
 Developed his concepts in
reaction to what he believed
was a performance deficiency
in the organizations of his day
 Widely regarded as one of the
three architects of sociology
with Emile Durkheim and Karl
Marx. This was during the
Industrial Revolution
BUREAUCRATIC THEORY
(DANIEL)
• Based on the Bureaucratic approach to
management
• He supported an ideal, intentionally rational,
and very efficient form of organization
• Founded on principles of logic, order and
legitimate authority
• Believed that authority should be given to
those with the highest capabilities not the
highest social status
CLEAR DIVISION OF LABOUR
Jobs are well defined and workers
become highly skilled at performing
them.
This way an employee
will work on things they
have experience on and
know how to do well.
(ALLEY)
CLEAR HIERARCHY OF
AUTHORITY
Authority and responsibility are well
defined for each position, and each
position reports to a higher-level one.
Individuals who hold
higher positions will
supervise and direct
lower positions within
the hierarchy.
FORMAL RULES AND
PROCEDURES
Written guidelines direct behavior and
decisions in the jobs, and written files are kept
for historical record. Formal written records
used to document all
rules, regulations,
procedures, decisions and
actions taken by the
organization and its
members to preserve
consistency and
accountability.
IMPERSONALITY
Rules and procedures are impartially and
uniformly applied with no one receiving special
treatment
Managers should
maintain an impersonal
relationship with all of
their employees to
promote fair and equal
treatment so that
unbiased decisions can
be made.
CAREERS BASED ON MERIT
Workers are selected and promoted on ability
and performance, and managers are career
employees of the organization.
An Employee should be
chosen, placed, and
promoted within an
organization based on
their level of experience
and efficiency to
perform a job.
LIMITATIONS
•
Too much emphasis on rules and
regulations.
•
No importance is given to informal
groups.
•
Bureaucracy involves a lot of paper
work. This results in wasted time,
effort and money.
•
Bureaucratic model may be suitable
for government organizations, but is
not flexible enough for quick-thinking
businesses.
•
Too much importance is given to the
technical qualifications of the
employees for promotion.
(DENNIS)
QUESTION #1
Which of the following is not a characteristic
of a bureaucratic?
a) Management by rules and regulations
b) A well-defined formal hierarchy
c) Impersonal relationships between managers
and employees
d) Informal channel of communication
ANSWER
QUESTION #2
Weber believed that personality is the
best source of authority
a) Truth
b) False
ANSWER
QUESTION #3
A non-personal view of organizations with
rules and regulations where authority is
based on competence is known as
a) Democracy
a) Monarchy
b) Bureaucracy
b) Informal
Organizations
ANSWER
QUESTION #4
Division of labor and work specialization allows
for an organization to..
a) Align employees with organizational tools
b) Pay employees according to their job
function
c) Train new employees
d) Recruit the right number of employees
ANSWER
QUESTION #5
Formal written records are used to maintain…
a) Training materials
b) A record of wrong doings
c) Materials for adults
d) Consistency and accountability
ANSWER
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