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notes unit-24: bureaucracy

contents
Objectives
Introduction
24.1 Subject Matter
24.2 The Meaning of Bureaucracy
24.3 Definition of Bureaucracy
24.4 Characteristics of Bureaucracy
24.5 Kinds of Bureaucracy
24.6 Summary
24.7 Keywords
24.8 Review Questions
24.9 Further Readings

objectives

After studying this unit, the students will be able to:
y Understand the mean of Bureaucracy,
y The speciality of Bureaucracy,
y Knowledge the type of Bureaucracy.

introduction

In 19 century many thinkers presented their view in subject of modern bureaucracy, Max Weber is
th
one of them. And Max Weber is the first thinker which is not only analyse the genesis and works of
bureaucracy like other scholars but also represented their sequential study. In reality ‘Bureaucracy’
is just like a collection of stratum. Which have aim to integrate the work of many people in rational
form to continue the administrative works on large scale. Sociologist uses this word ‘Bureaucracy’ to
make sense a special structure. In which collect the specific collection of integrated divergent .

24.1 subject matter

India entered in 21th century. And this century scientific and technique development reached on their
extreme. Today we are living in such century, called Industrial Age. Because of industrial growth
the number of machinery is continue increasing. That is reason the perception of many thinkers is
force to think about it that human became mechanistic and slowly- slowly machinery take the place
of human. It is not this type of idea is far from truth, nobody could denial from reality that no matter
how much machines are progressed but the people is necessary for operating these. In this century
computer sets is more used but the need of people is absolutely important.

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