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- Title
Two Sides of Bureaucracy: From Aristotle to Ockham to Max Weber and Contemporary Administration and Management.
- Authors
Scarlat, Cezar
- Abstract
Since people are more or less inclined to organize their immediate environment (i.e. room, house or household) the bureaucracy is a reflection of this natural inclination embedded in human nature; then it is quite normal to associate bureaucracy with administration as well and, during last hundred years, with the scientific management development. For that reason, the question that comes up is whether bureaucracy is (with necessity) good or bad. And, possibly, to what extent bureaucracy is that way. Therefore, this essay aims to (i) identify the roots, philosophy and theories behind bureaucracy as organizing principle; (ii) underline the fact that bureaucracy is actually supporting the management process, and only exaggerations lead to its negative perception; (iii) provide examples and cases of bureaucracies in contemporary society. Thus, it is proposed to make the distinction between "good" bureaucracies in their original meaning (call them positive bureaucracy) and exaggerated, "bad" bureaucracies (call them negative bureaucracy). This paper is a result of mostly secondary research from historical perspective, then sustained by descriptive examples and cases. The research is essentially qualitative, sometimes illustrated by numbers. The examples are picked from business sector and public administration as well. The results open the perspective of further research on bureaucracy, both longitudinal and transversal studies (across sectors and industries or multi-cultural studies) - eventually towards identification of the fine delimitation line between positive and negative bureaucracy.
- Subjects
WEBER, Max, 1864-1920; ARISTOTLE, 384-322 B.C.; BUREAUCRACY; SECONDARY research; PUBLIC administration; MODERN society; PRIVATE sector
- Publication
FAIMA Business & Management Journal, 2022, p19
- ISSN
2344-4088
- Publication type
Article