Bureaucracy
Question : Option 1
Bureaucratic management is more efficient than other forms of managing. Discuss.
It is a desire of every organisation to have an ideal type of management as it determines the organisation’s performance and efficiency. As it can be seen, the earlier statement stresses a great deal of importance on management. Before examining the types of management and why the bureaucratic management is more efficient than other forms of managing, one has to understand what management is and why is it important in an organization. Management is about using all the resources available well and effectively to achieve an organisation’s goals and objectives.
Having explained what management is, there are several types of managements. Among them are the scientific management which is also known as Taylorism developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor, bureaucratic management by Max Weber and administrative management. Bureaucracy is a system of management where the authority and power are hierarchical in nature where there is a specialization of labour and any action is effected with formal rules and regulations. Scientific management or Taylorism is a system of management which was brought to improve economic performance especially labour productivity. Taylorism is a method by which job designs are made simple to be easily taught or analysed. Lastly administrative management is to produce a general set of management rules that is to be used on all companies (Walonick.D.S, 1993).
Bureaucratic management is actually an improvised system from Taylorism. This is because Taylor’s scientific management theory proved to be effective in simple organization but not modern companies. Under this system, people are seen as working solely for economic benefits. The concept of production first and people second led to the reduction in production, dissatisfaction in work and lost of self respect in the craftsmanship and total loss of
Bureaucratic management is more efficient than other forms of managing. Discuss.
It is a desire of every organisation to have an ideal type of management as it determines the organisation’s performance and efficiency. As it can be seen, the earlier statement stresses a great deal of importance on management. Before examining the types of management and why the bureaucratic management is more efficient than other forms of managing, one has to understand what management is and why is it important in an organization. Management is about using all the resources available well and effectively to achieve an organisation’s goals and objectives.
Having explained what management is, there are several types of managements. Among them are the scientific management which is also known as Taylorism developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor, bureaucratic management by Max Weber and administrative management. Bureaucracy is a system of management where the authority and power are hierarchical in nature where there is a specialization of labour and any action is effected with formal rules and regulations. Scientific management or Taylorism is a system of management which was brought to improve economic performance especially labour productivity. Taylorism is a method by which job designs are made simple to be easily taught or analysed. Lastly administrative management is to produce a general set of management rules that is to be used on all companies (Walonick.D.S, 1993).
Bureaucratic management is actually an improvised system from Taylorism. This is because Taylor’s scientific management theory proved to be effective in simple organization but not modern companies. Under this system, people are seen as working solely for economic benefits. The concept of production first and people second led to the reduction in production, dissatisfaction in work and lost of self respect in the craftsmanship and total loss of