week 2 - weber

Question 1

what is the relationship between capitalism and bureacracy

Answer 1

for weber bureacuracy is the foundation of any organization

Bureaucracy is the means of carrying «community action» into rationally ordered «societal action»

Question 2

what does bureaucracy provide to capitalism

( REVISIT )

Answer 2

the rationality and the objectivity of bureaucracy creates a ground for capitalism where is can grow, and can have predictability

• bureacracy kees capitalism on its feets

Question 3

What are the characteristics of Bureaucracy ( 6 )

Answer 3

1- has fixed and official jursidicational are defined by rules
2- has principles of office hierarchy and levels of authority
3- based on written documents ( files )
4- the people who work in modern organizations should be able to separate private life and office, the private sphere should be seperate
5- the authority and the dispersion of power is based on the expertises and the expert training knowledge of people ( power is distributed with expertise of that person )
6- Demands the full working capacity of the official ( tenure ) ( WHAT DOES THIS MEAN )

Question 4

how does authority work in bureaucracies

Answer 4

theory of bureaucracy –> the authority is legally granted, the people who come to power should be appointed by superior authority rather than elected

there should be no individual priviledges - the relationships are not fixed by a sacred tradition

Question 5

explain the impersonal position of the official

Answer 5

official positions are shouldn’t have form personal involvement, emotions and sentiments therefore decisions are governed by rational factor.

the officials are evaluated based on their educational certificates, degrees, qualifications where the status element comes from which is seperate from their personality or family or religion

Question 6

Position of the officer is held for life—tenure for life
Guarantee against arbitray dismissal
Free from personal considerations
İndependent thinking and freedom of expression???

Offical receives a regular pecuniary compensation (salary)
According to status, not according to the work done
Guarantee against bribery, personal gains

Question 7

what are the types of authority according to max weber

Answer 7

1- charismatic authority
2- legal authority
3- traditional authority

Question 8

explain charismatic authority

Answer 8

• non rational type of authority
• charisma resides in the individual, persona, charm, grace
• the charismatic leader persuades people -> therefore has authority oveer them
• charismatic authority is temporary: resides in the individual ( not in the bureaucratic office and occupations

Question 9

explain traditional authority

Answer 9

• the authority is inherited status
• rights and expectations ( the extent to which the authority depends on ) is established on the customs and practices as sacred.
• the order is about the precedent
  historically it has 2 types:
  1- patrimonial
  2- feudal

Question 10

explain rational authority

Answer 10

the power comes from the positon not from the leaders ability to lead or the leaders characteristics
- people follow normative rules and adhere to the leaders’ authority in a strict manner

Question 11

bureaucratic leadership properties and types

Answer 11

bureaucratic leadership fells under the legal rational authority type

2 types of leadership
1- trasnormational which would include charismatic leadership
2- transactional, which relates to bureactratic leaders

Question 12

the technical advantages of bureaucratic organization

Answer 12

• once established it is among those social structures which are hardest to destroy
• societal action which is methodologically ordered is superior to every resistence of mass action
• More complicated the organization , the more it demands the personally detached and strictly «objective» expert