Bureaucracy

Question 1

Who is the proponent of Bureaucracy?

Answer 1

Max Weber

Question 2

What are the 6 characteristics of Bureaucracy?

Answer 2

1. Specialization of Labor
2. Well define Authority
3. Formal Rules of Procedures
4. Impersonality: Wapakels sa emotion ni employee–DAPAT SIPAG LANG AHHAHA (productive)
   5 . Employment decision based on Merit: based on performance
5. Emphasis on Written records: Kapag hindi napirm,ahan ng mga taong need pumirma sa papers mo hindi ito ma-a-apporve at hinid ito lalakad.

Question 3

What are the 4 Major Structural Principles of Bureaucracy?

Answer 3

Functional Principle

Scalar Principle

Line and Staff Principle of Authority

Span of Control

Question 4

A structural Principle of Bureaucracy where the organization should be divided into units that perform similar functions

Answer 4

Functional Principle

Question 5

A structural Principle that relates to horizontal growth

Answer 5

Functional Principle

Question 6

A structural Principle that dividing up tasks allows the organization to take advantage of individuals’
particular strengths, avoiding the problems that result from asking people to
perform tasks requiring skills they don’t possess—

Answer 6

Functional Principle

Question 7

What is the Disadvantage of Functional Principle?

Answer 7

it is good that each employee has their particular task to do, but it can be
difficult to coordinate the many tasks done by all employees while ensuring the
particular outcome for the organization

Question 8

A structural Principle of Bureaucracy where at every level of the organization, employees report to a person one level up in the chain of command

Answer 8

Scalar Principle

Question 9

Scalar Principle is best way to overcome organizational ________ caused by division of labor

Answer 9

fragmentation

Question 10

What is the top down pyramidal organization?

Answer 10

at every level employees are to report to a person one level up in the middle chain of command

Question 11

It deals with organizational vertical growth

Answer 11

Scalar Principle

Question 12

Higher level is equal to_____

Answer 12

more responsibility

Question 13

in ______each subordinate should be accountable to only one superior

Answer 13

unity of command

Question 14

in __________ information within a bureaucratic organization flows in one direction typically from the top of the organization to lower levels

Answer 14

unity of direction

Question 15

t: it increases the predictability and stability of information flow

Answer 15

unity of direction

Question 16

approach whereby supervisors, rather than trying to do everything themselves, assign particular tasks to separate employees and hold them
responsible for task completion

Answer 16

delegation of authority

Question 17

managers who are incapable of delegating
and they try to take charge of everything that goes on in the organization rather than holding employees responsible for individual tasks

Answer 17

micro-managers

Question 18

primary responsibility for meeting the major goals of the organization

Answer 18

Line Functions

Question 19

support the line’s activities but are regarded as subsidiary in overall importance to line functions

Answer 19

Staff Functions

Question 20

number of subordinates who report to a given supervisor

Answer 20

span of control

Question 21

too large _____ makes supervisors to be unable to manage so many subordinates

It produce flat organizations and few levels between the top and bottom of the organizations

Answer 21

span of control

Question 22

What is the solution for having flat structures of organization??

Answer 22

have middle-level managers to supervise certain number of
subordinates within their capabilities

Question 23

What will happen if there is an overabundance of supervisors managing too few employees

Answer 23

It produce tall organizations
and many levels

Question 24

An Issue Important to Weberian Bureaucracy in which pertains to the training of employees toward the “one best way” to get a job done

Answer 24

Task Standardization

Question 25

An Issue Important to Weberian Bureaucracy major decisions are made by one or more individuals who are centralized under one command

Answer 25

Decision making should be centralized

Question 26

Why is it possible for the employees under Bureaucracy to experience dissatification

Answer 26

Kasi routinary and wala ng challenge sa work