Organization and Bureaucracy: An Analysis of Modern Theories

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements page -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE STUDY OF BUREAUCRACY -- I: THE CLASSICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF BUREAUCRACY -- 1 The Marxist position -- 2 Weber's political sociology -- 3 Bureaucracy and oligarchy -- 4 Some critical remarks -- II: THE IDEAL TYPE OF BUREAUCRACY -- 1 Some comments on the characteristics of bureaucracy -- 2 The mode of construction of the ideal type -- 3 The modern uses of the term 'bureaucracy' -- 4 Final considerations -- III: THE POST-WEBERIAN THEORIES OF BUREAUCRACY -- Introduction -- 1 The conceptual framework -- 2 The 'dialectics' of bureaucracy -- 3 The empirical re-examination of the 'classical' problems -- 4 Critical remarks -- PART TWO: THE MANAGERIAL TRADITION -- IV: TAYLORISM AND FORMAL THEORIES OF ADMINISTRATION -- Introduction -- 1 The main features of Taylorism -- 2 Criticism -- 3 Formal theories of administration -- 4 The general framework of the 'universalist' theories -- 5 Some critical remarks -- 6 Conclusion -- V: THE 'HUMAN RELATIONS' APPROACH TO THE ORGANISATI0N -- Introduction -- 1 Hawthorne and the evolution of empirical research in industry -- 2 The various subschools -- 3 The evolution of the human relations school as a whole -- 4 Criticism -- VI: ORGANISATION THEORY: DECISION-MAKING IN ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXTS -- Introduction -- 1 Decision-making and the rational aspects of behaviour -- 2 The social psychology of organisational decision-making -- 3 Decision-making and organisational structure -- 4 Empirical 'content' and methodology -- 5 Criticism -- PART THREE: CONVERGING TRENDS -- VII: TOWARDS A BROADENING OF SCOPE -- Introduction -- 1 Theoretical convergence -- 2 The organisation as a social system -- 3 The organisation in terms of power and conflict -- 4 Concluding remarks -- CONCLUSION