Question

Sociologist Max Weber once wrote, "Bureaucratic administration always tends to exclude the public, to hide its knowledge and action as well as it can." Why, do you suppose, he found this to be true? (Select all that apply.)

Bureaucracies are typically either incompetent or engaged in illegal activities that employees do not want shared with the public.

By their nature, bureaucracies are not well coordinated and often there is no clear plan for sharing information.

The public has never had much interest in the working of a government bureaucracy based on the general distaste for "red tape."

Employees in a bureaucracy are sometimes not working at peak efficiency and are reluctant to reveal this lack of performance.

Answer 1

The reasons that Sociologist Max Weber once wrote, "Bureaucratic administration always tends to exclude the public, to hide its knowledge and action as well as it can" are:

1. Bureaucracies are typically either incompetent or engaged in illegal activities that employees do not want shared with the public.

2. Employees in a bureaucracy are sometimes not working at peak efficiency and are reluctant to reveal this lack of performance.

Step-by-step explanation:

The above reasons include the weaknesses of many bureaucracies today. These weaknesses are often hidden from the public, using the complex and multi-layered systems and processes that bureaucracies are well-known for. The complex and multi-layered systems and processes of a bureaucratic organization are usually designed to ensure uniformity across all functions and achieve some reasonable level of organizational control.