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MERICAN Journal of Public Diplomacy and International Studies
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Weber used the term "bureaucracy" to denote a rational organization whose recommendations 
and rules are the basis for efficient, scientifically organized work. He considered bureaucracy as 
its own ideal image, the most effective means of managing socio-economic systems and 
individual structural units. 
According to Weber, the strict formalization of bureaucratic relations, the clarity of the 
distribution of role functions, and the personal interest of bureaucrats in achieving organizational 
goals lead to timely and competent decisions based on carefully selected and verified 
information
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However, later they began to distinguish between bureaucracy in a positive sense - a system of 
rational management, and bureaucracy in a negative sense - an irrational system of management 
in which instructions, orders, assignments and other formal attributes of power are ends in 
themselves. 
The complexity of society, its management processes, and the development of the economy lead 
to an increase in the influence of the bureaucratic system. The larger the structure to be managed, 
the greater the number of managers required and the greater the number of agreed upon rules 
under which it operates. Moreover, the main negative factor that makes the bureaucratic system 
complex, rude, and full of corruption is, as always, the human factor. Thus, it is certain that a 
new bureaucracy will emerge from bureaucracy, one thing leading to another. 
There are three main problems that arise from the existence of bureaucracy. It is the self-
sufficiency of a system of alienation, bureaucracy, and inertia. Added to this, of course, is the 
problem of corruption, which is already strongly associated with public office in people's minds, 
although this is not always the case. 
The problem of alienating the management system from the person is a stereotypical approach 
that treats the person as another impersonal standard without taking into account his individual 
needs. It's easier to take a long-tested guideline and follow it than to try to get to the bottom of 
the problem
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Bureaucrats who tend to accumulate past experience, follow traditions, and resist innovation, get 
used to a certain system of doing business that has been established for years, and it will be very 
difficult to reorganize in new directions. The desire to preserve the established order in the 
institution at any cost, complexity, detail, and the passage of many examples make the 
bureaucratic system so volatile that it is difficult to respond to rapid changes in society, 
especially at the current stage of human development. There is even a special term to describe 
this situation - "bureaucratic rituals". The need to control every step, to fill out a huge number of 
reporting documents, makes bureaucrats out of experts. Bureaucracy permeates professional 
fields and the quality of service industries suffers
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The role and importance of the bureaucratization of state administration and bureaucracy as a 
socio-political phenomenon, a separate culture that is a parasite on human civilization, despite 
many scientific and journalistic publications on this topic, it is still not possible to fully 
understand the true nature of this topic. Its harmful effects on public life, public consciousness, 
social system stability, and national security are still not sufficiently evaluated. 
At the same time, in the context of the process of modernization of the state administration 
system announced by the authorities, the issues related to highlighting the characteristics of the 
internal bureaucracy require special attention. 
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Weber M. Theory of Social and Economic Organization. N.Y., 1947. Р. 223-338. 
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Ленин В. И. Государство и революция // Ленин В. И. Полн. собр. соч. М., 1981. Т. 33. С. 1–120. 
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Найшуль В. Высшая и последняя стадия социализма // Погружение в трясину: (анатомия застоя) / сост. и 
общ. ред. Т. А. Ноткиной. М., 1991. С. 40–60. 

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