Bureaucracy

Catherine Casler; Dean Pierides

doi:10.4337/9781800377721.00015

Bureaucracy

Catherine Casler, Dean Pierides^*

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Bureaucracy is an organisational form that functions according to written rules and procedures, impersonally and uniformly applied through a hierarchy of authority that can continue to exist through the positions and roles that it establishes by legal means. This entry explores the history and etymology of bureaucracy, discusses the classic work of Max Weber, and discusses the complex, paradoxical, and sometimes inadequate ways in which CMS has approached bureaucracy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Elgar Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies
Editors	Leo McCann, Ödül Bozkurt, Rachael Finn, Edward Granter, Carolyn Hunter, Nina Kivinen, Arun Kumar, Brian Wierman
Place of Publication	Cheltenham
Publisher	Edward Elgar
Chapter	10
Pages	36-41
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781800377721
ISBN (Print)	9781800377714
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800377721.00015
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2025

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Name	Elgar Encyclopedias in Business and Management series
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing

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Bureaucracy
Max Weber
Formal organization

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Bureaucracy. / Casler, Catherine; Pierides, Dean.
Elgar Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies. ed. / Leo McCann; Ödül Bozkurt; Rachael Finn; Edward Granter; Carolyn Hunter; Nina Kivinen; Arun Kumar; Brian Wierman. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2025. p. 36-41 (Elgar Encyclopedias in Business and Management series).

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