This review aims to redress the growing gap between the receding discourse on
bureaucracy and bureaucracy's continuing presence as the predominant organizational�…

In its review of 'The World in 2003', The Economist proclaims that 'Bureaucracy, after many
years of decline, will be on the rise again'. Apparently, empowerment and flexibility are out�…

Bureaucracy is under attack and has been for some time, specially these past 30 years. This
chapter will outline the specific qualities of bureaucracy, the challenges to it that different�…

Reports of the demise of the bureaucratic form of organization are greatly exaggerated, and
debates about bureaucracy's functions and effects therefore persist. For many years, a broad�…

The end of bureaucracy has been anticipated many times throughout the history of
management science as well as in modern social and political theory. This book sets out to�…

Although numerous scholars claim the eminent demise of bureaucracy, this article argues
that bureaucracy will not only survive in the twenty-first century but will flourish. The core of�…

Bureaucracy has long been a cornerstone of advanced industrial societies, and a defining
feature of modernity. At the same time, many commentators from all quarters argue that it is�…

Bureaucracy is challenged and examined from almost all quarters in organizational
analysis. As part of wide debate over postmodern cultural theorizations there is now much�…

Like it or not, contemporary man is man-in-bureaucracy. He spends the majority of his
waking hours in a bureaucracy; establishes an identity and status in a bureaucracy; garners�…

This chapter analyses the relationship between bureaucratic structure and actual decision
behaviour within government. Thus, the chapter does not deal with the role of the executive�…