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Modern Organizations

BUREAUCRACIES AND BEYOND. Modern Organizations. Nature of a Modern Organization. The Modern Organizational Form Since the mid-19 th century, organizational development has been characterized by both a dramatic increase in scope , and a rationalization of decision-making process .

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Modern Organizations

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  1. BUREAUCRACIES AND BEYOND Modern Organizations

  2. Nature of a Modern Organization The Modern Organizational Form Since the mid-19th century, organizational development has been characterized by both a dramatic increase in scope, and a rationalization of decision-making process. Bureaucratization and Weber Weber (1964) famously described this process as the advent of the modern bureaucracy.

  3. Nature of a Modern Organization Weberian Bureaucratization Weber defined a Bureaucracy as an “administrative organ” characterized by “continuous organization…[with] a specified sphere of competence…and a clearly defined hierarchy of offices” (330, 333). Specifically,Bureaucracy defined by: 1) Centralized Organization 2) A Clear Division of Labor 3) A Professionalized Managerial Hierarchy

  4. Nature of a Modern Organization The Social and Economic Implications of Bureaucratization Bureaucratization had a profound and lasting effect on all forms of social organization. Stages of Transformation: Bureaucratization occurred in several stages 1) Economic: Rise of the Corporation 2) Government: National Security State 3) Politics: Parties, Social Movements, Interest Groups

  5. Corporate Bureaucracy: Rise of Mid. Man. www.geocities.com/RainForest/3343/DP1.jpg

  6. Governmental Bureaucracy: DOD US Dept. Of Defense http://www.defenselink.mil/odam/omp/pubs/GuideBook/Pdf/DoD.PDF

  7. Governmental Bureaucracy: DOJ faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/dojorg.jpg

  8. Political Bureaucracy Political Bureaucracy: There is often an relationship between either the complexity of a political system or the type of government (more or less open (democratic) or repressive) and the need for organizational bureaucratization. Complex Systems: US Political Campaigns Repressive Systems: Fuse Political and Military Vietnam War Northern Ireland French-Algeria

  9. Political Bureaucracy: Political Campaign http://www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/LCC/HIS/271/state.jpg

  10. Political Bureaucracy: SNCC www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/riotssncc.jpg

  11. Political Bureaucracy: Communist Insurgency Vietcong insurgency. US Army, Command and General Staff College http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgiin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p4013coll2&CISOPTR=386&filename=387.pdf

  12. Political Bureaucracy: IRA Vietcong insurgency. US Army, Command and General Staff College http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgiin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p4013coll2&CISOPTR=386&filename=387.pdf

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