Bureaucracies were founded by Max Weber. His approach to management focused on the structure of the organization, dividing them into hierarchies with clear lines of authority and control. This meant that the 'legal authority' granted to managers was solely based on their ranking in the organizational structure, and was not dependent on charisma or tradition. With the stressed importance of laws and regulations, it is the duty of the manager to ensure that those policies are obeyed (Smit et al 2002). Paul du Gay’s In Praise of Bureaucracy (2000) insists that bureaucracies embody an important ethic, through rejecting patronage and promoting impersonality, the system's operation is both fair and unbiased.
Weber's bureaucratic strategy was extremely
Weber's bureaucratic strategy was extremely