136: Bureaucracy (revisited) -- Max Weber (Part 1)

We are revisiting an older episode, our Episode 6 on Weber’s bureaucracy. The original episode explored the work objectively, trying to understand how Weber was encouraging the use of rational rules and hierarchical systems to foster greater stability in society rather than efficiency. But it never seemed to happen as bureaucracies became a dominant organizational form. By re-reading Weber through the lens of institutional logics, we hope to better understand why this is the case. This week, we release an edited version of Part 1 of the original episode.

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136: Bureaucracy (revisited) -- Max Weber (Part 1) is an episode from Talking About Organizations Podcast by Talking About Organizations.

This episode is 00:48:35 long.

This episode was published on Apr 14, 2026.

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