Download Dear members of commission, today I would like to represent to you

Dear members of commission, today I would like to represent to you my graduation
paper entitled: “The phenomenon of bureaucracy”.
My work is devoted to the multitude of scientific views concerning the phenomenon of
bureaucracy in management sphere and the comparative empirical study of the public service
attractiveness for student-managers and students of a computer specialization (computer science/
technology, information technology??).
Nowadays the significance of sociological research of bureaucracy is obvious. The
necessity of sociological information about (concerning, on?) this problem is determined not
only by theoretical reasons but by their practical significance and the urgent need for
recommendations for conducting the effective reformation and the estimation of its social
potentiality. The theme of my graduation paper is significant because the problem of
bureaucracy represents scientific and social interest, especially in crisis and turning points or the
radical political system restructuring . The particular relevance of the investigated issues in
particular consists in the reorganization of political and social institutions to create legal state
and civil society.
The focal point of the annual President's message to the Federal Assembly in 2008 is to
concentrate on the solution of the most important problems of the country and one of them is to
restrain the process of strengthening and expansion of bureaucracy.
However in case of red tape the following questions arise: Does bureaucracy represent
the dysfunction of a society which is necessary to uproot by all means? Is it possible to uproot
this in abstracto?
Bureaucracy as social phenomenon is treated ambiguously: some researchers tend to
consider the issue essentially taking into account only its dysfunctions (Karl Marx). Others
highlight the main advantages of this mechanism (Max Weber). This theme was also elaborated
by Adizes I., Bitem D., Bruder V., Merton R., Mises, L. etc.
The object of my graduation work is bureaucracy as a significant social phenomenon of
the contemporary society. The subject matter is specific features of sociological analysis both on
the levels of theory and practice.
The aim of the graduation paper is the arrangement of sociological “component” of
bureaucracy and the empirical study.
In accordance with the aim the following issues are addressed:
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to present the bureaucracy definition and different approaches to its study;
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to define the peculiarities of bureaucracy in the modern society;
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to consider its main functions and dysfunctions;
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to evaluate the degree of its influence on the functioning of society;
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to carry out the individual empirical research to reveal the attractiveness of public service for
students;
In compliance with the aim the graduation paper consists of the introduction, three
chapters, the conclusion, the reference list and the supplement.
The first chapter touches upon the main definitions of bureaucracy from the position of
sociologists who studied this issue, the consideration of bureaucracy advantages (such as
specialization and division of responsibilities; vertical hierarchy; precise rules; principle of
anonymity and the (?) high level of bureaucrats proficiency) and disadvantages.
The second part is devoted to the possible functions and dysfunctions of modern
bureaucracy. The main dysfunctions are:
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The problem of the alienation of bureaucracy from the person.
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The tendency to unlimited expansion of the bureaucratic mechanism.
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As a result, the bureaucratic organization can already function irrespective of
earlierly defined goals and, moreover, independent of their (them?), formulate new ones, actual
purposes. (Independent goal-setting and self-preservation).
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The formalism. For example, among bureaucrats there is the modern principle
CYA - Cover Your Ass.
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Multidirectional, and frequently opposite activity vectors of separate structural
divisions of the integrated organization.
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The tendency to the transformation of bureaucracy into an exclusive stratum of
society. And furthermore the isolation of managers stratum, the low degree of entry to it and,
furthermore, the high level of corruption.
Taking into consideration all the depravities of current system no one could offer an
alternative version of organization with management principles and the optimal control that is
more effective than bureaucracy. Moreover, some researchers define the occurrence of negative
bureaucracy effects not in the system itself, but in the political institutes under which it operates.
And the third chapter deals with the practical part of my work where I carry out the
comparative empirical study of the public service attractiveness for student-managers and
students of a computer specialization.
The conclusion summarizes the results of the graduation paper as a whole. And I would
like to stress that in the contemporary society bureaucracy plays an important role that is likely
to change over time. Therefore, this work might be continued in the future.