Max Weber’s management theory promotes a structured hierarchy, clear rules and impersonal relationships to increase efficiency and eliminate favoritism.

Learn how Henri Fayol’s management theory shaped administrative principles still used by modern businesses. Explore all 14 ...

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory: J-PART, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan., 2001), pp. 3-27 (25 pages) This article focuses on the role of scientific inference in the study of bureaucracy. Its ...

"Institutionalized science ethics" refers to the statutory, professional and institution-based ethical standards that guide and constrain scientists' research work. The primary institution responsible ...

A strong case can be made that the real government of the United States is not the Congress, not the president, not the courts, not the Constitution, but the federal bureaucracy. The term “big ...

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I recently encountered an organization where succession planning - the hiring of a new Chief Operating Officer - was completely held up because the Human Resources department had not received a ...

Bureaucracy is not a problem limited to Fortune 500-size corporations. It can creep into small startups, even in the early days. And when it does, it doesn’t take much of it to hamper progress. A ...