Who was Max Weber? What is the Weberian ideal and how does it relate to modern bureaucracy?
What will be an ideal response?
• Max Weber was one of the major figures of modern sociological methods; he studied the organization of human endeavors.
• The process is rational: there is a problem, people organize to solve it, they work together, and the problem is solved.
• Weber believed that impersonal, professional human groups (bureaucracies) converge to solve the problems of society.
• Weber argued that bureaucracy should be designed to accomplish specific purposes.
• In Weber's ideal, labor is to be divided into specific functional areas, or bureaus and all the bureaus of the organization are to assemble logically to produce the whole.
• The bureaus work together and produce a logical outcome. Management in the organization is rationally oriented and devoid of friendship, family, or political influences.
• Modern bureaucratic management ideally comes from leaders who excel at leadership.
• There is no place for inherited leadership or popular, elected managers in Weber's bureaucracy.
• Every aspect of the organization centers on rational efficiency
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