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week 2: bureaucracy 1 foundational theories Flashcards

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Bureaucracy:

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method of administration organizing numerous people who need to work together in large or complex pubic or private organizations

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3 things thoerys do

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describe, explain, predict

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describe

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Describe events that the theory is trying to explain/ predict
assumptions and generalizations

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explain

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Why something happened/ happening

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predict

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Hypothesis about things that haven’t happened yet
hardest to do

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some pa thoeries are …

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normative – Explain what/how things should be

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What is Marx’s idea of Bureaucracy as a special interest?

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Goal is to increase its power
Individual bureaucrats are motivated by power, status, and prestige

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Who are Neo-Marxists?

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Modern day theorists carrying out and implementing the original theories and ideas of Karl Marx

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accumulation

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foster growth, make profits
Attract economic growth, healthy business environment

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legitimation

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ensure that a challenge to capitalist doesn’t develop

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max weber

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Strict and operation rules within rational behaviour should be in force

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ideal type bureaucracy

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Simplification of common traits

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Ideal-type bureaucracy and 7 associated facets?

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hierarchy, specialization, merit, full-time employment, impersonality, written files, authority as a function of position

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hierarchy

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System of organization ranked division of labour b/w superior and subordinate personnel
creation of upward reporting

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unity of command is important element of…

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hierarchy

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unity of command

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Each position in hierarchy only reports to one supervisor

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specialization of labour

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Responsibilities for each position are defined and clearly allocated
Increase efficiency and effectiveness

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merit

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Recruited in competence rather than personal relationships

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full time employement

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job protection

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impersonality

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Work is based on prescribed impersonal rules
All clients ought to be treated the same

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written rules

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Treat all clients equally, set of rules, and written rationale for their actions

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authority as a function of position

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Power and authority are attached to positions not individuals

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What are the two main ideas with Robert Merton’s bureaucratic dysfunction?

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trained incapacity
goal displacement

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What is the relevance of Herbert Simon’s critique of Weberian bureaucracy?

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Proverbs of administration

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Structuralist Theorists

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People, resources, and facilities are interchangeable parts of a org structure
Humans like machines

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What is Taylor’s scientific management approach?

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The “one best way” – efficiency
Workers as machines

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What is Gulick’s POSDCORB?

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Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, co-ordinating, reporting and budgeting

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line functions

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About actually producing the functions (i.e., police officers, social workers, garbage

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staff functions

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aid and support line functions (i.e., human resources, IT, legal)

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humanist theories

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Critique of structuralism
focuses on human beings rather than supernatural or divine insight

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Hawthorne effect

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To test taylors assumptions

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What are the outcomes/discoveries of the Hawthornes experiments?

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Altered form of supervision
Productivity increased when altered form took place
Ex. lighting, boss in room, temperature, how to make job better

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What are the ideas behind Mayo’s theory of group dynamics?

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Workers are more responsive to peer pressure over management controls and incentives

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What is the relevance of Barnard’s view of organizations as cooperative human structures?

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Org should be viewed as cooperative human structures rather than machines

35
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theory x assumptions

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structuralist approach

36
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theory y assumptions

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human relations approach

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