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bureaucratic power  

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  • Bureaucracy, defined as “rule by the bureau,” entails the power of career officials in large organizations and can be considered a form of government. Max Weber defined the bureaucratic organizational form as allocation of competencies within a hierarchical body, continuity of office, impersonality of treatment, working according to rules, and expertise entailing selection by merit and training. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Bureaucratic Power]

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