Max Weber’s Bureaucracy Essay

Good afternoon ladies and gentleman. This afternoon I would like to talk a little about Max webers Bureaucracy. But first, let me tell you an article I read in the newspaper issued a couple of months ago. On January 21, 2013, Orlan Calayag was sworn in as the new National nutrient Authority administrator after Angelito Banayo resigned from his seat because of being acc utilise of corruption and rice smuggling. Anyway, lets get cover charge to the point. Calayag is a dual citizen caregiver who used to reside in America.When PNoy appointed Calayag as the new administrator of the department, the most common reaction was Who? According to Food authoritys Charter, or Presidential Decree 6, all administrators and deputy administrators of the agency shall be natural-born citizens of the Philippines, not less than 35 years of age, with proven honestness and integrity and of recognized managerial competence. And even though Republic Act 9225 exists, a person who assumes any government po sition should renounce his foreign citizenship first.This brought a lot of questions and objections. Calayag never became a government official until this January, never renounced his dual citizenship or does his previous work experience indicate recognized managerial competence. This scenario leads us to the so called KKK which brings us to Max Webers idea of Bureaucracy. I would like to emphasize three characteristics of bureaucracy. First, Division of labor and work specialization is used to align employees with their tasks.With this said, Calayag and President Aquino defies the work specialization point because Calayag doesnt specialize anything that may be related to the tasks and works of an NFA administrator. Next would be Webers, Managers should support an impersonal relationship with employees to promote fair and equal treatment of all employees so that unbiased decisions can be made. How could this actually exist or make pass between PNoy and Calayag when in the first p lace, PNoy appointed Calayag because he is his friend?And finally, competence, not personality, is the basis for job appointment. Calayag finished a degree in Business political science major in Business Marketing and his CV states that indeed he was a Patient Services Specialist or a caregiver. There is withal the fact that Calayag cant seem to find a permanent job hopping from one job to another ending up connected to 6 different companies in a span of 8 years. So in the end, my dear listeners, this becomes another case of kabarkada appointment made by the President.