... in terms of how and what work is carried out, this pecking order is a way of "distribution of authority within the system" (p1). This can be identified with what is known as chain of command. Certain rules and regulations need to be followed, without these rules there will be no real order, people not working efficiently as there is a lack of discipline. Here is a summery of Weber's concept of bureaucracy that is known as the 'ideal type', we have division of labour among officials, definite hierarchy of offices, systems of rules and regulations, selection to office is by technical qualifications and discipline over the incumbent of each office. With Webers view of positive, there is also aspects of negative bureaucracy, Merton highlights this so called dysfunction of bureaucracy using Veblens concept that bureaucracy leads to 'trained incapacity' (P562) which means that a person is trained to be weak? In ...

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