3 concepts
Bureaucracies and Formal Groups
A bureaucracy is an organization of non-elected officials who implements the rules, laws, and functions of their institution.
Weber's Model for Bureaucracy
Weber identified in bureaucracies a rational-legal authority in which legitimacy is seen as coming from a legal order.
The "McDonaldization" of Society
Sociologist George Ritzer theorizes "McDonaldization" as a contemporary form of rationalization.