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Limitations of Administrative Management
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- 2.16 Theory of Bureaucracy (Max Weber 1864-1920)
| 2.15.7 Limitations of Administrative Management Like the scientific management school, the administrative management school is also criticized on some grounds. i) Many of the principles of this school including those of Fayol are contradictory and have dilemmas. These principles are no better than proverbs, which give opposite messages. For example, the principle of unity of command contradicts the principle of specialization or division of labour and the principle of limited span of control, contradicts that the number of organizational levels should be kept at a minimum. ii) The principle of specialization is internally inconsistent for purpose, process, and place are competing modes of specialization and to secure the advantages of anyone mode, the organizer must sacrifice the advantages of the other three modes. All modes cannot be followed simultaneously while pursuing specialization. 85 iii) These principles are based on a few case studies and they are not empirically tested. iv) These principles are stated as unconditional statements and valid under all circumstances, which is not practicable. More and more conditional principles of management are needed. v) These principles result in the formation of mechanistic organization structures, which are insensitive to employees social and psychological needs. Such structures inhibit the employees self-actualization and accentuate their dependence on superiors. vi) These principles are based on the assumption that organizations are closed systems. According to this school of thought employees tend to develop an orientation towards their own departments rather than towards time whole organization. 2.16 Theory of Bureaucracy (Max Weber 1864-1920) Max Weber was a German who developed the bureaucratic model of the organization as a rational way of structuring a complex organization. Weber’s rational bureaucracy requires that the people performing a large variety of tasks in an organization must follow established rules and regulations in order to ensure the uniformity and rationality of its output. Thus, bureaucracy was defined as that ideal system wherein positions and tasks were clearly defined, division of labour was precise and clear, objectives were explicit and a clear chain of command was maintained. Weber distinguished three main types of authority ab Traditional Authority: In the traditional form of authority, orders were obeyed, as the people giving them were invested with the same through custom or conventions (e.g. king or lord. b) Download 3.37 Mb. Share with your friends:
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