bureaucracy
...ion, it substitutes a rule of law for a rule based on the notion s of those who happen to govern. It is the most efficient form of organization arising out of the needs of an industrialized society for the effective administration of its large and complex organizations. · Max Weber (1864-1920) is the promoter of Bureaucracy, a German sociologist and the first scholar to describe the characteristics of bureaucracy. He was the first to analyze its role in an industrial society. · Max Weber defined Bureaucracy as the most efficient form of organization arising out of the needs of an industrialized society for the effective administration of its large complex organizations. · According to Weber, bureaucracies are goal-oriented organizations designed according to rational principles in order to efficiently attain their goals. Offices are ranked in a hierarchical order, with information flowing up the chain of command, directives flowing down. Operations of the organizations are characterized by impersonal rules that explici...