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.