Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
Who defines bureaucracy as 'the systematic organization of tasks and individuals into a pattern which can most effectively achieve the ends of collective efforts'?
AGladden
BPfiffner ✓ Correct
CMax Weber
DMarx
Correct answer: (B) Pfiffner — Pfiffner gave this efficiency-based definition of bureaucracy, so the answer is Pfiffner.
Explanation
★Pfiffner gave this efficiency-based definition of bureaucracy, so the answer is Pfiffner.
★He saw bureaucracy as the systematic ordering of tasks and people.
★Its aim is to achieve collective goals as effectively as possible.
★This stresses bureaucracy as a tool of organised, efficient action.
★It is a more managerial view than Weber's ideal-type model.
★So this definition is credited to Pfiffner.
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