Bureaucracy

The concept of Bureaucracy came from

sociology and political science referring to
the way of legal rules and regulation, it also
a organization.
 Origen of Bureaucracy
• The term Bureaucracy was first used by-
“M.DE Gourney” a France economist during
the first half of 18th century, than the different
countries used it in different ways-
France Bureaucratic

Germany Bureaukratic

Italy Burocrazia

England Bureaucracy
• In1788 the dictionary on France academy
accepted the word as ‘Power’ influence of the
hands of staff of the government,
• 1830 German dictionary defined its as a
authority of power.
• Meaning of bureaucracy-
Bureaucracy

Bureau- Crazia-Greek
Franch word word

Writing
Rules
table

Desk Government or
Table administration
• Two types of Bureaucracy-
1. Bureau- rationality
2. Bureau-Pathology
• When bureaucracy work properly than it
called Bureau-rationality.
• When bureaucracy does not work in a proper
way than it called Bureau- Pathology.
• Definition of Bureaucracy-
• According to Finer- Bureaucracy is a
professional body of officers,
recruitment ,paid and skilled.
• According to almond and powel- Bureaucracy
is an organization by which rulers and rule
makers try to establish their decision.
 Max Weber’s Bureaucracy
• Max weber was the pioneer of Bureaucracy. In
1864 he was born in Germany. He developed
the bureaucracy on concept of power and
authority.
• Max weber wrote a book on the concern of
power and authority. The name of book is-’
Essays on the sociology’.
• According to Max weber in every organization
there will be power and authority.
• Power- It means the ability to enforce people
to obey commend, regarding of their
resistance.
• Authority- It is right to do.
• There are three types of authority-
• Traditional authority-It maintains the
delegation of authority from generation to
generation. Example- The son of the emperor.
• Charismatic authority- The authority come
from extra-ordinary personality and super
natural power. Ex- Mashatha Gandhi,
• Legal Rational authority- The authority must
selects by the proper rules and regulations. Ex-
Bangladesh government elected by the
democratic way.
 Characteristics of bureaucracy
• Max Weaber gave the 6 principles of
bureaucracy-
• 1)Division of work\specialization
• 2)Hierarchy
• 3)Rules and Regulation
• 4)Impersonality
• 5)Careerism
• 6)Management by objective
• Division of work\ Specelization- Division of
work means a divided a work in different
group or sector.
• Specialization means right person in right
place.
• Positive effect-
• 1)It is economical and cost effective.
• Negative effect-
• 1)The workers become isolated from the total
organizational goals.
 Hierarchy- Each office under control of
supervision of a higher one. Ex-

• Bangladesh Secretariat
Hierarchy Ministry Political Head
Administrative
Secretary Head
Additional Secretary

Join Secretary

Deputy Secretary

Senior Assistant Secretary

Assistant Secretary

Line and staff

• Positive
• 1) It create the accountability to the higher
authority.
• Negative
• 1) Hierarchy create the redtapsm.
• Rules and regulation-Rules and regulation Bering
disciple and increase the performance of the
worker.
• Positive
• 1) In increase the quality ,uniformity, consistency
and order.
• Negative
• 1) Too much rules and regulation create
confusion.
• Impersonality- Impersonality considered by
special virtue, emotions, sentiments and
interfere, nepotism and favoritism.
• Positive
• 1) Impersonality Bering impartiality.
• Negative
• 1) Impersonality make a man machine.
• Careerism- Employs are promoted on the
bases of their good performance.
• Positive-
• 1) As reward they receive a promotion and
pension after retirements.
• Negative-
• 1) Career system is close system.
• Management by objective- According to
weber organization is organized by
administration who came from general line.
• Positive-
• 1) Generalist are top of administration.
• Negative
• 1) Create generalist and specialist conflict.
 Criticism of Max weber Bureaucracy

• There are some authors they are criticized the

Max weber bureaucracy. They are-
1) Martin Albrow
2) Robert k. Marton
3) Phillip Selznic
4) Alvin w. Gouldner
5) Warren G. Bennis
 Robart k. Merton
• He criticize Max weber’s bureaucracy in his
book ‘Reading of sociology’. He has criticized
two characheritis -
• 1) Rules and Regulation-Rules and Regulation
create inefficiency.
• 2) Impersonality- Impersonality make a man
machine
 Phillip Selznick
• He criticized Max weber’s Bureaucracy in 3 aspect-
• 1) Informal Structure- Bureaucracy based on
professionalism and hierarchy.
• 2) Division of Work- In every organization the
whole in divided into small groups and each group
concern their own department and their goal. As
result they become divided the total organizations
goal.
• 3) Organizational interaction with environment-
• Max weber ignore the interaction with the
environment because it is close system.so
weber ‘s principles are not appropriate for
bureaucratic organization.
 Alvin w. Gouldner
• He critizes only Rules and Regulation-
• 1) Rules and Regulation- It is dis-function methods .He
criticize rules and regulation in three aspect.
• 1) Mock Bureaucracy- The Superior shows that
• He is very strict and maintain the rules. but he does not
fallow it truly. Its also show or mock bureaucracy. Ex- No
smoking
• 2) Representative Bureaucry-Every organization has
safety rules such as-fair but no one fellow.
• 3) Punishment-centered bureaucracy-
• It is effected become both side as well
manager and workers. Ex- if any worker absent
from the organization without any application
than organization give punished.
 Warren G. Bennis
• He wrote a article on criticize of bureaucracy.
The name of article ‘The coming death of
bureaucracy’. He said that bureaucracy will die
one time because become a machine. He
criticize Max weber bureaucracy in10 way-
• 1) Theoretical conflict and contradiction.
• 2) For moral and ethical reason.
• 3)Inefficiency
• 4) Methodological weakness.
• 5) Too much emphasis on rules and regulation.
• 6) Bureaucracy does not allow for personal
growth.
• 7) It does not take into account the informal
organization.
• 8) System are control and authority are top
level.
• 9) Communication are distorted because of
hierarchy.
• 10) The human resource of bureaucracy are not
being utilized because of miss trust and fear.
• He focused two reasons for death of bureaucracy.
• 1) Reciprocity- Max weber bureaucracy is
reciprocals system. They only fallow the order.
There is no mutual contract.
• Adaptability- Max weber bureaucracy only
adapted internal presser in the organization
but they can not take external pressure .
• Bureaucracy go with their 'traditional rules
but environment are changeable. Bureaucracy
can not adapted with their changing
environment.
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