Classic Bureaucracy and Contemporary Change: A Critical Perspective
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Classical bureaucracy has been regarded as the dominant form of organization for ages due to its technical superiority and great efficiency. But, along with the rapid developments on technology, economy and society, the technical superiority and efficiency of classical bureaucracy has not kept up with advanced speed of contemporary business culture and even block survival and sustaining development of organizations. In order to deal with the dynamic environment, the aim of this paper is to discuss how today’s bureaucratic organizations change themselves to meet demands of post-modern business culture. The results reflect that the change do not mean the demise of bureaucracy and new forms of organization take over, on the contrary, they are merely seen as a further evolution of bureaucracy itself rather than a completely revolution.
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