What are the benefits of bureaucracy for business?

The bureaucratic bourgeoisie, in fact, has two major contents. There are two major contents, one is bureaucracy.

The second is capitalism. The combination of the two is called bureaucratic capitalism.

And when the bureaucratic capitalists reach a tacit understanding in thought and cooperate with each other in action, then it means that their class consciousness is awakened, and a class form is formed, and the combination of these two contents produces a class, that is, the bureaucratic bourgeoisie.

One. The advantages of bureaucracy are mainly reflected in the following aspects:

1) Separation of the individual from power. Bureaucracy is free from the influence of randomness, volatility, subjectivity, and bias in traditional organizations, and has much superior accuracy, continuity, reliability, and stability than traditional organizations.

2) It is the embodiment of the spirit of rationality and rationalization. In a typical bureaucracy, there is a continuous network of rules and regulations, covering many of the main aspects of the organizational management process, which defines clear, comprehensive and clear terms of reference and responsibilities for each task, so that the functioning of the organization and the conduct of individuals are as little dependent as possible.

3) It is suitable for the needs of large enterprise organizations since the Industrial Revolution. In the early days, the traditional organization relied too much on the individual, nepotism, and personal dependence, and adopted arbitrary, subjective, and changeable management methods, which was not suitable for the requirements of large-scale enterprise organization management. Since industrialization, large enterprises have a large scale, a detailed division of labor, and many levels, which require a high degree of unity and an accurate, continuous, and stable order to ensure it.

Two. Shortcoming. 1) Excessive emphasis on the hierarchical control system, requiring subordinates to absolutely obey their superiors in their duties, ignoring the initiative and enthusiasm of subordinates, and lacking democratic spirit.

2) Overemphasizing organizational interests and organizational efficiency, it is difficult to meet the development requirements of social individualization and diversified social needs.

3) Overemphasizing the division of professional division of labor and the division of functions and authority, ignoring the problems of macro coordination and the elimination of standardism.

4) Overemphasizing the stability of personnel and the system of lifelong tenure without fault eventually creates a management personnel who do not seek merit but no fault, resulting in a situation where managers get by and live a chaotic life.

Q: What is bureaucracy? What are the negative effects of it in the enterprise?

Kaifu: Literally speaking: Bureaucracy is a work style and leadership style that does not care about the interests of the masses and only knows how to give orders without conducting investigation and study.

But I guess there's more to it than that. To put it more broadly, I think that bureaucracy should not only be about the bad leadership style of "acting as a prestige", but can further encompass the top-down control that exists in any government agency and enterprise, including the bureaucrats who think they are "good leaders who are convinced by their subordinates". In any top-down controlled enterprise, the employees below can only do things but have no right to make decisions, can only be obedient but not have the right to speak, and the vast majority of employees have the right to be obedient.

Although they say "good" in their mouths, they also say "bad" in their hearts. Their actions bring positive feedback to totalitarian managers, who think that they are good leaders, good management, and are fully convinced by their employees. All the "well-behaved" employees did not live up to their potential.

In such a system, "absolute truth" is "obedience." In my opinion, a good enterprise should empower its employees, so that each employee has the autonomy to do their own work, or understand what he has autonomy and what he does not; Let every employee dare to say what is in his heart, or know on what occasions he can say what is in his heart, and he can do so on most occasions; Every employee can realize their potential and work hard for the company because they are trusted by the company. In such a system, "truth" is "unleashing potential."