CHARACTERISTICS OF BUREAUCRACY 1. Large and complex organization as measured by the number of people it employed. 2. Majority of those employed were performing semi-skilled and unskilled workers. 3. Relatively simple mass production technology is applied. 4. Relatively simple product is produced. The following characteristics of an organization could be used for the analysis of bureaucracy. 1. Position and offices are clearly defined. In principle‚ all positions and offices exist independently
Premium Bureaucracy Civil service Government
Bureaucracy and the Liberalisation After independence the newly emerged Indian State was characterized by the dominant role in all the spheres of society. It was a welfare state whose objective was to secure political‚ social and economic justice to all the sections of Indian population. The Westminister model of parliamentary democracy with universal adult franchise was adopted. In social field‚ various evils in the society were sought to be eradicated by the State. Untouchability was abolished
Premium India Economics Socialism
official acts or duties. Zambia’s state of bureaucracy battles with the affect effect of colonialism. This therefore has undermined and reduced the efficacy of the bureaucracy. This can be seen in areas such as education‚ managerial styles‚ organizational structure‚ and sociocultural environment. As a result‚ of the after effect of the colonial government which strongly ruled Zambia‚ administrative discretion which is an important attribute in any bureaucracy has been severely lacking. South Africa
Premium Bureaucracy Civil service Zimbabwe
Hyun History of Sociology Professor Denis Kim November 1‚ 2012 Karl Marx and Max Weber on Religion: Which one came first‚ the Chicken or the Egg? A strong discrepancy in interpretation of religions exists between the two great thinkers‚ Marx and Weber‚ in that Marx saw religions as “the opiate of the masses” (Marx‚ 1843:42) meaning that religions justify believers’ bitter lives and make them passive whereas Weber saw religions as having power to bring about not just social but economic changes
Free Sociology Max Weber Religion
A bureaucracy is any goal-oriented organization created to tackle specific goals and problems in order for a society to function as efficiently as it realistically can. Bureaucracies are typically closely associated with the government‚ as most of the well known ones are branches of the government created to specialize in different areas. Bureaucracies can‚ however‚ be other organizations with a defined hierarchical structure with little to no relation with the government. One specific bureaucracy
Premium Government Bureaucracy Max Weber
Marx vs. Weber In this essay‚ I will argue that Karl Marx’s theories contain a better perception of the creation of capital and the origins of time discipline use in the modern world compared to the theories of Max Weber. The basis to Marx’s theory in which capital is created is based on writings of his works; Manifesto of the Communist Party‚ Capital‚ Volume One and Wage Labor and Capital. Through these readings‚ it can be derived that his main thesis is to understand history‚ you must
Premium Capitalism Sociology Marxism
(Johnson‚ 1971:210). From this we gather that versehen was Weber’s way of understanding social action. For weber social action was an action which an individual undertakes and carries out to which a person attached a meaning (Haralambos & Holborn‚ 2004:953). Weber identifies two types of understanding‚ aktuelles verstehen and erklarendes verstehen (Haralambos & Holborn‚ 2004:953). According to Weber‚ versehen is an empirical sociology of the understanding of meaning (Kalse1979:176). Aktuelles vestehen
Free Sociology Max Weber
Karl Marx and Max Weber offer two very different but valid approaches to social class in modern capitalist society. In a capitalist society the private ownership of the means of production is the dominant form of providing the things needed to survive. What distinguishes capitalism from other types of society is the emphasis on the rights of property and the individual owner’s right to employ capital‚ as she or he thinks fit. Karl Marx’s approach was‚ at first‚ the most convincing theory of social
Premium Marxism Karl Marx Sociology
Bureaucracy in Catch-22 When the word “bureaucracy” first appeared over one hundred years ago‚ it actually indicated something positive. Prior to the Industrial Revolution‚ governments were run via the simple exercise of power by ruling authorities. However‚ as growing populations made this process unwieldy and inefficient‚ it became clear that a new kind of administrative system was necessary. It was German political economist Max Weber who coined the term “bureaucracy” to describe a new theory
Premium Catch-22 Bureaucracy Max Weber
Max Wertheimer was a Czech psychologist who was born in Prague. He lived from April 15‚ 1880 to October 12‚ 1943. During his childhood‚ Wertheimer seemed to be destined to become a musician. He composed symphonic and chamber music and was adept at playing the violin. His father served as the director of a local school in addition to being a teacher. In 1900 he studied law at Charles University‚ but soon switched to philosophy and psychology and got his doctoral degree from the University of Wurzburg
Premium Mind Perception Gestalt psychology