German industry was beginning to adopt the organizational methods developed in the United States . Surveying this scene , Weber attempted to isolate the elements common to all of these new organizations . Weber concluded that all these new large-scale organizations were similar . Each was a bureaucracy . Today many of us regard bureaucracy as a dirty word , suggesting red tape , inefficiency , and officiousness . As we shall see , bureaucracies can develop these features , especially if authority is highly centralized . Weber 's purpose , however , was...











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