Ideal-type bureaucracies

Bureaucra*c coordina*on Domina*on should be Bureaucracies – goal- - Hierarchy

Order – when social
of human ac*on - Desirable oriented organiza4ons - Impersonality
rela4onships are
- Dis4nc4ve mark of - Bearable designed to ra4onal - WriHen rules of
determined by
modern social - Not worth principles conduct
- Rules
structures challenging - Meritocracy
- Maxims Impersonal
- Principles - Specialized division
Authority – legi4mate use administra/on of labor
Legi*macy - Rightness to - Norms
- Guidelines of power - efficiency
command or govern

Order – when people acknowledge Legi*mate – when the rules are Legi*mate Orders
that there are rules governing a binding those who are involved in • Conven4ons - binding
social rela4onship the social rela4onship • Laws - formal

Existence of legi*mate order is Max Weber – Theory of Social and Economic Organiza:on Calvinism – eternal life
guaranteed by
• Self interest Conflict Selec*on Types of Legi*mate Authority
• Disinterested mo4ves - Peaceful Conflict - Biological - Ra4onal-legal – impersonal
o Affec4ons - Compe44on - Social order
o Ra4onal belief in o Regulated o Wit - Tradi4onal – personal
legi4mate orders compe44on o Strength loyalty
o Religious orders o Mental ability - Charisma4c – personal
State – legi4mate use of o Demogagouery trust, affects and emo4ons
force o Loyalty to superiors
Humans act because of
o Adaptability
- Self-interest
Modern society is characterized o Unusual giGs
- Custom/tradi4on
by o flaHery
- Belief in the
legi4macy of an - Ra4onaliza4on of social
order ac4on
- Bureaucra4za4on of
modern ins4tu4ons