Specific Objective

After this lesson, the student will be able to:

1. Define organization;
2. Identify the different types of organization;
3. Identify and analyze the major components of
bureaucracy; and
4. Discuss bureaucracy and group dynamics.
Meaning of Organization
 An organization's culture is a deeply embedded set of
values and beliefs that determine, to a great extent, how
individual employees react to various situations.
But if a company's culture does not promote merit and
efficiency, it can prove to be a drag on business
performance.. The organization's culture also needs to
change and adapt itself to the evolving needs of
stakeholders, How can an organization develop and
maintain a high-performance culture that will motivate
employees to carry out their work in the most effective and
productive manner?
These are some of the steps that corporate leaders could
take to steer their organizations in the right direction.
Classification of Organization
1. A formal organization is system of well-defined jobs each beating a definite
of authority, responsibility, and accountability, the whole consciously
designed for the people of the enterprise to wok most effectively together in
accomplish objective.
2. An informal organization refers to the relationship of individual due to
similarity likes, dislikes, emotion, needs, or attitudes. It may exist within a
formal organization existence is determined not because of rules and
regulation but on account of the personalities and characteristics.
Meaning of Bureaucracy
 Bureaucratic organizations are typically charcterized by great
attention to the precise and stable delineation of authority or
jurisdiction among the various subdivisions and among the
officials who comprise them, which is done mainly by requiring
the organization's employees to operate strictly according to
fixed procedures and detailed rules designed to routinize nearly
all decision-making. Some of the most important of these rules
and procedures may be specified in laws or decrees enacted by
the higher “political” authorities that are empowered to set the
official goals and general policies for the organization, but
upper-level (and even medium-level) bureaucrats typically are
delegated considerable discretionary powers for elaborating their
own detailed rules and procedures.
Aspect of Bureaucratic Organization
1. position with clearly defined responsibilities – The day-to-day
activities of the objectives of the organization are well distributed in
a fixed way as officer.
2. Position ordered in hierarchy – in bureaucracy, a hierarchy of
office arranged in which there is a supervisor of lower office by the
higher ones.
3. Rules and precedents – in a bureaucracy norms are usually spelled
out in written sets of regulation and rules. The office holder’s
behavior is dictated by the organization’s formal regulation and rules,
which apply to define situations and circumtances.
Aspect of Bureaucratic Organization
4. Impersonality and Impartiality – the ideal official conduct his/her
office is a spirit of formalistic impersonality, with out hatred or
passion, and hence without affection or enthusiasm(kornblum,
2003)
5. The norm of efficiency - bureaucracy develops a high degree of
specialization of function within an organization. Only personnel
who are professionally and technically qualified got the bureaucratic
office are selected to fill these position enthusiasm(kornblum, 2003)
6. A career ladder – Work in bureaucracy constitutes a career. It is
systemic. There system of promotions according to seniority or to
achievement, or both.
Problem of Bureaucracy in the Philippines
1. Nepotism and favoritism(e.g. the practice by elected public officials
of appointing their relatives, friends, including supporters to various
government position.
2. Perpetuation of the spoils or patronage system(e.g. the granting of
special privilege or benefits to people who are close to the
government officials.
3. Rampant graft and corruption.
4. Too much red tape(e.g. practice whereby permits, license and other
document need several signatures and pass through bribe- prone
complexities while being processed).
5. Laxity I supervision (e.g. government employees are criticized for
spending too much time outside the office or doing thing that are
not related to their task, this is the upshot of laxity.
Problem of Bureaucracy in the Philippines
6. Presence of faction and cliques(e.g. supporter of a
losing