formal organizations
- Define the term formal organization.
- List the major characteristics of bureaucracy, according to Max Weber.
- Identify whether the following are advantages (A) or disadvantages (D) of a bureaucracy:
- a. its use of appropriate criteria in hiring employees
- b. its use of rules to provide definite guidelines for behavior within the organization
- c. its ability to hide the true nature of authority relationships
- d. its encouragement of administrative competence in managers
Can you describe the form of leadership most suited to the operation of the iron law of oligarchy? Explain your answer.