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Normative Models of Bureaucratic Behavior: Part 1. One never seeks to avoid an inconvenience without running into another. (Machiavelli, Niccolo. The Prince , Ch.21). Max Weber. Prussian Sociologist of the 19 th & early 20 th Century
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Normative Models of Bureaucratic Behavior: Part 1 One never seeks to avoid an inconvenience without running into another. (Machiavelli, Niccolo. The Prince, Ch.21)
Max Weber Prussian Sociologist of the 19th & early 20th Century Emphasizes “rational legal administration” as foundation for legitimate authority Principles of Rational Legal Administration with Bureaucratic Agency 1) office holders personally free and subject to authority only within the scope of their impersonal official obligations2) hierarchy of offices3) sphere of competence4) free selection into office; filled by free contractual relationship; always free to resign5) candidates appointed, not elected, on basis of technical qualifications6) remuneration is by fixed salaries 7) office is sole or primary occupation of incumbent8) constitutes a career; system of promotion9) official can't own means or appropriate position10) official subject to strict and systematic discipline and control in conduct of office.
Consequences of Bureaucratic Control • 1) the “level field”: broadest possible recruitment in terms of technical competence2) plutocracy: due to interest in greatest possible length of technical training3) formal impersonality. All subject to formal equality of treatment with neither anger nor passion, neither affection nor enthusiasm.
