Bureauctatic Management-General Adminstrative Theorists

Bureaucratic management:

GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE THEORISTS:-

He was the managing director of a large French coal-mining firm. His attention was aimed at the activities of all managers. He described the practice of management as distinct from other typical business functions.

Max Weber :-

Max Weber (pronounced VAY-BAR) was a German sociologist who wrote in the early part of the 20th century. He developed a theory of authority structures and described organizational activity based on authority relations. He described the ideal form of organization—the bureaucracy, defined as a form of organization marked by division of labor, a clearly defined hierarchy, detailed rules and regulations, and impersonal relationships

The major characteristics of Weber’s ideal bureaucracy include:

a. Specialization of a labor

b. Formalization of rules and procedures

c. Impersonality in application of rules and sanctions

d. Formalization of lines of authority into a hierarchical structure

e. Formalization of the career advancement process to be based on merit