bureaucratic management

• who is max weber?

  German sociologist and philosopher known for his work on social theory, bureaucracy. born on 1864 and dead in 1920, he's founder of bureaucracy theory
• what is bureaucracy management?

  Organizational structure and processes designed to efficiently manage large-scale administrative tasks and decision-making within a government or organization, its running a place where everyone follows specific rules + chain of command and everything is organized in a structured way.
• what are the caracteristics of bureaucratic management?

  Hierarchical management structure, division of labor, formal selection process, career orientation, formal rules and regulations, impersonality
• Max Weber is a German sociologist known for his work on understanding how societies function.
• whats hierarchical management structure?

  each level controls the levels below and is controlled by the level above
• whats division of labor?

  tasks are clearly defined and employees become skilled by specializing in doing one thing
• whats formal selection process?

  employee selection and promotion are based on experience competence and technical qualification
• whats career orientation?

  management is seperate from ownership, and managers are career employees
• whats the scheme of formal selection process?

  PHD - Masters - Bachelors - Associates
• whats formal rules and regulations?

  rules and regulations are documented to ensure reliable and predictable behavior
• whats impersonality?

  rules are applied uniformly to everyone, there is no preferential treatement or favoritism
• what are the criticisms and limits of bureaucracy theory?

  inflexibility, lack of innovation, lack of customer focus, centralisation of power
• whats inflexibility?

  bureaucracies can be rigid and slow to change, which can be problematic in today's rapidly changing business environment
• whats lack of innovation?

  bureaucracies can stifle innovation and creativity. the strict rules and procedures can discourage employees from taking risks or trying new things and this can hinder the development of new products, services, or processes.
• whats lack of customer focus?

  bureaucratic organizations can become so focused on internal procedures and regulations that they lose sight of the needs of their customers. this can lead to poor customer service and a loss of market share.
• whats cenytralisation of power?

  bureaucracies are often hierarchical. This can, lead to lack of accountability and transparency, as decision-making is oftenc centralized and opaque