... one that to some extent explains all the others is the existence of a system of control based on rational rules, that is, rules meant to design and regulate the whole organization on the basis of technical knowledge and with the aim of achieving maximum efficiency. According to Max Weber, "Bureaucratic administration means fundamentally the exercise of control on the basis of knowledge. This is a vital feature which makes it specifically rational. (Max Weber 1947 p339) The above is a brief explanation of the major features of Webers ideal type of bureaucracy, however, not all the above points will be seen in a concrete form of every bureaucracy, and perhaps in some barely been seen at all, real organizations can be more or less bureaucratic according to their degree of proximity to their ideal formulation. Modernization in historical terms is a continuous and open ended process, a sociological definition says: ...

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