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This 6 page paper looks at German social scientist Max Weber's definitions, characteristics, and value of bureaucracy. It also reviews his opinion that bureaucracies serve a social good and have a significant role in human development. Bibliography lists five sources.
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and comparison in further research and theoretical development of study regarding bureaucratic organizations. Before examining Webers theories and concepts relating to bureaucracy, lets first define the word itself. "Bureau"
is a French word adopted by both German and English. Fundamentally, it means "desk" or by extension "an office." Thus, "bureaucracy" is rule conducted from a desk
or office. Could any definition be simpler? Certainly this type of rule is not among historical definitions of governing or rule - monarch, aristocracy, and democracy. Bureaucracy,
ostensibly, is a servant of government and serves as the means by which a monarchy, aristocracy, or democracy, or other form of government rules. The inventors of the word
"bureaucracy" were making the attempt to illustrate that the so-called servant was actually the master. (Kilcullen) Webers determined that, in the grand scheme of things, bureaucracy played an important role.
To him, bureaucracy was a type of organization resting upon and associated with ideas and institutions tending toward the modern and rational. It was, in turn, itself a force toward
the modern and rational. The "pure" bureaucratic form of administrative organization he regarded as "capable of application to all kinds of administrative tasks," and as "indispensable" to maintaining the level
of civilization the West had achieved. (Waldo) II. Max Webers Varied Interests Weber is thought of as having been a scholar and social scientist in a truly classic manner.
He was a student of history, whether ancient, medieval, or modern. He was also a student of the history of the Orient as well as of the West. He
was fascinated by all types of established social institutions, such as class, school, and family, as well as in government, economic, religious, and legal institutions. He was interested in the
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