tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post1528669333189616054..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: A loss of bureaucratic integrityA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-64819409127883917322021-06-25T10:18:12.919+01:002021-06-25T10:18:12.919+01:00Sam - I never came across an "ideal type"...Sam - I never came across an "ideal type" bureaucrat. The only way to shake up a bureaucracy or close it down seems to be via a change manager brought in from outside who has that job and once completed will move on. <br /><br />DJ - that's what I found, you have to defend yourself from the schemes of others. Often personal advancement schemes with no real merit.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-50458776385525656592021-06-24T19:01:58.822+01:002021-06-24T19:01:58.822+01:00So true. Even the fairest, most publically minded ...So true. Even the fairest, most publically minded bureaucrat still (or especially) has to defend themselves from the schemes of others. Because if you don't then others will tread on you on their way up.<br /><br />I don't believe private industry is any different - except the 'successful' usually leave before their lack of integrity comes to light.DiscoveredJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300239909689336895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-10257319887317757632021-06-24T18:50:42.081+01:002021-06-24T18:50:42.081+01:00Weber thought that one essential aspect of bureauc...Weber thought that one essential aspect of bureaucracies was their impersonal nature; that bureaucrats were guided by rational decision-making and clearly-defined purposes. <br /><br />That was in an "ideal type" bureaucracy; one that may not even exist. Weber used the "ideal type" as a way of highlighting theoretical principles rather than reality. <br /><br />The "ideal type" bureaucrat would be able to downgrade their own post in response to changing business and social environments; to make themselves redundant, and even wind up the whole organisation. Maybe some might have been able to do that, in early 20th Century Germany. But that's presumably why he used the heuristic device of the "ideal type". Here, it ain't gonna happen. Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com