A bureaucratic organization is a form of management that has a pyramidal command structure. The bureaucratic organizational theory was founded by Max Weber around 1900. Max Weber was a sociologist and political economist who viewed an organization as a “type of social relationship that has regulations enforced”. Weber believed that those at the top of the organization made the decisions, and those at the bottom of the organization were the ones who completed the work. “In Weber’s idealized organizational structure, responsibilities for workers are clearly defined and behavior is tightly controlled by rules, policies, and procedures”.
Organizational charts are common, and decisions are made through an organized process. The command structure is strict, and control is ever present. Bureaucratic goals are to be fair and orderly. In bureaucracies, there are layers of management from senior executives down to workers on the frontline. Authority is always on top where rules and regulations are written and subsequently conveyed down the line to the worker.