Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are characteristics of Weber’s ideal-type bureaucracy?
Hints
- The model replaces personal ties with offices, rules and files.
- Loyalty to a person belongs to the form it displaced.
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- A. Impersonal application of written rules
- B. Careers based on merit and credentials
- C. Specialized division of labor
Why
Bureaucracy’s whole point is replacing personal loyalty with office, rule, and file. Loyalty-based rule is the traditional authority it displaced, and what it quietly regresses to when controls decay.
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