Monday, April 13, 2009

Bureaucracy in concrete

I will relate Weber's preconditions to bureaucracy to ABC Concrete.

Weber's Rational Bureaucracy within East Bay Consortium

I will describe Weber's theory about bureaucracy through its preconditions and six institutional features that makes it possible. Then, I will analyze bureaucracy within East Bay Consortium, a non-profit organization dedicated to promote and enable students to attain their goals through higher education.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Bureaucracy and the Human Rights Campaign

This essay will discuss Weber's theory of Bureaucracy, the bureaucratic official, and its preconditions. Additionally, it will tie this theory with the Human Rights Campaign.

Military and Rational Bureaucracy

The Spirit of Capitalism

This paper provides an explanation of the Spirit of Capitalism (with the inclusion of the iron cage), and how it could or could not be applied to the Theater world.

Rational Bureaucracy and Safe Passage

In this essay I will describe the basic characteristics and the preconditions of rational bureaucracy as portrayed by Max Weber. I will then discuss whether Safe Passage, a day-care center in Guatemala, has the characteristics of a rational bureaucracy.

Weber's Rational Bureaucracy in Maganda

In Max Weber's essay on bureaucracy, Weber examines the different features of bureaucracy in terms of the officials appointed, the institution itself, and the historical preconditions necessary for a bureaucracy to emerge. He argues that bureaucracy is the most efficient and calculated form of capitalist organization, as it is “purely technical superiority over any other form of organization” (214). In the same rationale as Weber's bureaucracy, I find that through restructuring Maganda Magazine toward micro-managing and revising our constitution to solidify the terms of appointment for staff members, my institution under study is gearing more toward functioning as a bureaucratic organization rather than the grassroots organization that we started out as...

An Institution of Rational Bureaucracy

The ASUC is a unique institution in that it modeled after the United States Government. Without being paid, the executive and senate officials are elected by a body of students. These students are slated to make change and represent the voice of the students on campus. The ASUC is a form of Weber's rational bureaucracy in the sense that it is hierarchical in structure, treating its constituents as a democracy in order to try to address all issues on campus.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Weber's Rational Bureaucracy and the Children's Shelter

This essay will first explain Weber's rational bureaucracy. It will explore the institutional features and the historic preconditions that are necessary in order for bureaucracy to exist. The second essay will examine how bureaucracy operates in the Children's Shelter.

Rational Bureaucracy in Professional Baseball

This memo explains what a rational bureaucracy is according to Max Weber and then applies that theory to professional baseball teams.

Friday, April 10, 2009

This short memo illustrates the fundamental features found in Weber's ideal rational bureaucracy. I then show how rational bureaucracy is found within Homeland Securty.

Rational Bureaucracy in The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation

In this short essay, I address the features and pre-conditions of Weber's ideal bureaucracy as well as the characteristics of the official . I then provide evidence of how the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas, is an example of Weber's rational bureaucracy.

Bureaucracy in School

In this essay I outline Weber's defining characteristics and preconditions for rational bureaucracy. I then apply these criteria to the US education system.

Weber's Rational Bureaucracy in Public High Schools

In this essay, I first define Weber's rational bureaucracy and then I reveal how it appears in public high schools.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Rational Bureaucracy in the American Red Cross

This essay describes the preconditions of rational bureaucracy and the features of bureaucracy in institutions. It then demonstrates the ways in which rational bureaucracy operates in the American Red Cross.

Weber' Bureaucracy in a Middle School Tutoring Agency

Read the paper for idea. Sorry late for class so no abstract.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Bureaucracy and the Men's Story Project

Abstract: Six features common to bureaucratic institutions remove the personalistic elements of human interaction.  These ensure that the bureaucrat knows his place in the system.  As long as the bureaucrat knows his place, he can treat his office as a vocation (W198).  None of this can come into being, however, without four preconditions.  The Men's Story Project (MSP) is not a rational bureaucracy.  Ultimately, the flexibility that results from Weber's patrimonial qualities is essential to the maintenance of the project while it is in its starting stages.