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Advantage and Disadvantages of Bureaucracy in Organisational Behaviour

   

Added on  2021-05-29

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Where business comes to lifeDr Yemisi Bolade-OgunfodunMM254: Organisational Behaviour Lecture 9.2: Advantage and Disadvantages of Bureaucracy

Advantages of Bureaucracy•According to Weber, bureaucracy is the organisational expression of the rationalisation thesis•In developed Western economies, we take many of its strengths for granted:–Expect the delivery of public services in an orderly and timely manner (with some national variation!)–Expect impartiality in the labour market, education & courts–Assume that professional standards will be met (e.g. medical, legal, financial) •Generally, we expect to plan for the future based on the assumption that our environment is (to some extent) calculable and predictable

•System of rules (minimises uncertainty, affords predictability, calculability)•Hierarchy of authority (structure, reporting lines, order, predictability)•Impersonality (equal, merit basis for advancement)•Functional specialisation (structure, specialists, efficiency)•Division of labour (rational organisation, efficiency•Technical qualifications needed to advance3Thought exercise: Consider the benefits of these features

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