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How many features make up the Weberian ideal type as set out in this lesson?
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- Hierarchy and written files are two of them.
- Six.
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6
Why
Six: fixed competences, hierarchy, written files, expert training, full working capacity, and general rules. The two consequences — the separation of office from person, and impersonal decision-making — follow from them rather than being additions to the list.
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