Bureaucracy theory of Weber Weber's theory of bureaucracy (1958) is one of the most popular themes of the studying of organizations. He identified the legitimate of power with authority. 'Power' means the ability to ask people to accept the orders; 'Legitimation' means people regard this power as legitimate so as to obey the orders. Weber identified this authority as three types: Charismatic authority, where the rule can be accepted because the leader has some outstanding personal …showed first 75 words of 1306 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1306 total…of management are based on his experience and observations. His theory described manager's responsibilities for planning, organizing, controlling, and directing organizational activities. The criticism of administrative management is that it does not describe what managers really do and there is no obvious evidence that knowing more about it can improve management competence. Even so his views on administrative management should not be ignored. And it may definitely be relevant with all the organization in today.