Max Weber (1864-1920)

MAX WEBBER THEORY ABOUT

BUREAUCRATIC MODEL

 Max webber propounded the bureaucratic

theory of organization and management it has
influenced a modern thinking lot in these areas
. A german sociologist webber develop the
bureaucratic model of organization which is the
most rational means of carrying out imperative
control over human beings.
 BUREAUCRACY As “the most efficient form that
could be used most effectively for complex
organization-business ,government, military.
CHARACTERISTICS OF
BUREAUCRATIC MODEL

 Administration through well defined rules.

 Hierarchy of authority
 Impersonality 
 Employment and promotion based on demonstrated
competence.
 Fixed salary based on status or rank rather on work
performed and a guaranteed pension on
superanuation as security for old age.
 Protection against arbitrary dismissal.
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TOP MANAGEMENT

MIDDLE MIDDLE
MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT

SUPERVISORY SUPERVISORY SUPERVISORY SUPERVISORY

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IMPLICATION

 Office holders personally free and subject to

authority only within the scope of their impersonal
official obligations.
 Hierarchy of offices
 Sphere of competence
 Free selection into office
 Always free to resign
 Candidates appointed not elected on basis of
technical qualifications.
 Remuneration is by fixed salaries
 Official can not own means or appropriate position.
ADVANTAGES OF
BUREAUCRACY
 Rules and Procedures.
 Duties and Responsibilities.
 Selection process and promotion procedures.
 Division of labour.
 The organization does not suffer when some
persons leave it. If one person leaves then
some other occupies that place and the work
does not suffer.
DISADVANTAGES OF BUREAUCRACY

 This system suffers from too much of red

tape and paper work.
 The employees do not develop belongingness
to the organization.
 There are some strict rules and regulations
which treated the employees like machines
and not like individuals.
 The employees become so used to the
system they resist to any change and
introduction of new techniques of operations.