rationalization

sociology

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organizational analysis

  • Max Weber
    In organizational analysis: Origins of the discipline

    …this development, which he called rationalization, underlay the rise of the modern state bureaucracy. According to Weber, organizations were able to develop unparalleled calculability and efficiency by combining two structures: (1) a system of explicit rules, upheld by clearly marked jurisdictions between offices and by permanent files documenting the processing…

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