SOC227H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Human Relations Movement, Production Quota, Scientific Management
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Weber considered buearucracy to be organizational form best able to efficiently coordinate and integrate the multitude of specialized asks conducted in a big factory or office. Didn"t provide practical guide for mangers on how it should be organized. Advantage of hierarchy with a debate of division on labor was that employees could gain the internal labor market. However the notion that bureaucracies are efficient is thrown out, bc it assumes employees will submit to managerial authority. In webers view, workers accept the legitimacy of the exsisting authority structure, abide by the rules and obey their bosses bc they believe the basis for such authority is impartial and fair. Ppl in positions of power set organizational goals: these goals are rational from managements perspective, but necessarily from perspective of workers (pg. 226) What is rational for workers is personal interests, higher pay, safe work environment (pg. 227)
