QUAID-I-AZAM UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

PRESESNTED
MINHAJ-UL-BY:
HUSSAIN
MEHDI ALI QAMAR
ZAIGHAM ABRAR
SHAMIM JAHAN
KINZA AMIN
SIMRAN MANSOOR
PRESENTED TO:
Dr.IMRAN KHATAK
 TOPIC

MAX WEBER AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS

Timeline :
April 21,1864 to June 14,1920
 CONTENT
1. INTRODUCTION TO
THEORIST BY MINHAJ
2. BUREAUCRATIC THEORY
3. CHARACTERISTICS BY
SIMRAN AND KINZA
4. CRITICISM ON THEORY BY
SHAMIM
5. USE & MISUSE OF THEORY
IN PAKISTAN BY ZAIGHAM
6. SUGGESTIONS FOR
BETTER IMPLEMENTATION
BY MEHDI ALI QAMAR
INTRODUCTION OF MAX
WEBER

 Timeline April 21,1864 to June

14,1920
 A German sociologist, historian
and political economist
 Max weber as a professor
 Famous contributions
1. His book written in 1905 named
as “ THE PROTESTANT ETHIC
AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM”
2. THESIS ON BUREAUCRACY
 He believed that the ideal type of
bureaucracy enabled him to study
all the aspects of bureaucracy
more scientifically than before
 WHAT ACTUALLY
BUREAUCRACY IS?

BUREAUCRACY:
 It’s an administrative system designed to accomplish
large scale administrative tasks by systematically
coordinating the work of many individuals
TYPES OF BUREAUCRACY
1. FORMAL
It’s inefficient, rigid and in written form
2. INFORMAL
It’s flexible and in the form of coordinated norms
CHARACTERISTICS OF A BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEM

1. PRICIPLE OF AUTHORITY
HIERARCHY
It has 2 components
2. Chain of command
3. Positional functions in an organization

2. PRICIPLE OF FORMAL RULES

AND REGULATIONS
These rules act as a guideline that dictates
how things should be managed

3. PRINCIPLE OF LABOUR
(SPECIALIZATION)
It improves the quality and decreases the
cost to perform tasks efficiently and
effectively.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEM
4. Principle of Impersonality
1: According to Weber, the relationship between employees must be
professional.
2: The rules are well defined, clear and are applied in the same way to
everyone across the board.
 
5. Principle of Career Orientation
1: It’s the employer’s responsibility to match their employees with the jobs
that best suit them.
2: Career orientation promotes loyalty and provides motivation for
employees to exert extra effort.
 
6. Principle of Formal Selection Process
1: Bureaucracy is that management can inspire workers to develop a long-
term career in the company by providing them with job security and
performance-based rewards.​
 
1) One way communication
2) exploitation of power
3) wastage of time efforts and
money
4) delay in business decision
making
5) hinders innovation and
creativity
6) Inflexible and rigid method
USES OF THEORY:
• GOVERNMENT SECTORS:
Hierarchy
Specialization
Division of Labour
• COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES:
Layers of Management
Skills
• Police Department:
Follow Orders of Rankings
Authority at Top
• The Registrar’s Office:
Documents Formation
Eg: National Identity Card
MISUSE OF THEORY:
• Burdon of Work
• Shuffling of Workers
• Communication Gap
• Unjust Selections
• Improper Use of Power
• Decision making
Suggestions for better implementation
of the theory in bureaucracy
 
 Two way Communication

 Timely Decision Making

 Proper Use of Power

 Work on Quality Services or Products

 Use Technology

 Empower your employees

 Eliminate Unnecessary paper work

 
 Reward your team
THANK YOU

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