I watched my professor's prerecorded lecture about bureacucracy FOUR times and still could barely get any info out of it. This video saved my life. So clear and straight up. Thanks!
‘Vey-ber’ is the correct way to say this as he is German. However most of Europe wouldn’t pronounce their W’s as V’s as this is specific to the German language/accent.
I've heard many people say what you've said but I've heard just as many educated people in the US say that it is acceptable to use the B sound in the US (even though many people in the US still say it V). Case in point, Germans pronounce the W in Volkswagen with a V sound but in the US we pronounce it B even though it is a German name. Weber is a very common name in the US. It clearly has German origins but we say it with the B sound 100% of the time when it is an American. All that to say, V is the correct, traditional way to say it but B is an acceptable pronunciation in the US. And, believe me, I looked into it for a long time before I said it. For many words, two pronunciations can both be correct even though one is preferred. Anyway, thanks for the comment. I'm sure people will be debating this for a long time in academia. I wish Weber was here to tell us. :-)
No man live in Ireland for the last 10 years, iam currently 18 so you can do the math 😉 but my god I fully consider myself polish even though my accent might not suggest so 😅
I'm 1/2 Polish but really just American except for some really great Polish food and awesome relatives growing up. BTW, I'm switching between my two RUclips channel accounts as I post. I replied about not knowing about a topic you requested in your other post. I do the Organizational Communication Channel and the one I'm posting under now, Communication Coach. I hope to visit Ireland someday. It's aways intrigued me. Thanks for posting.
Agreed! I put it in there because it's a minor debate but really NOT supposed to be the subject of the video. But, what can you do? At least people are watching. :-)
Hi, this video was amazing. Thank you so much! I tried reading "Working in America" By Amy Wharton, and she just confuses everything with her complex language. Thankfully, you went straight to the point and things really make sense.
You need to realise Europe is not a country. Weber and Volkswagen are German names so they have German pronounciations. The rest of Europe mostly speaks other languages so don't lump their pronounciations together.
legal rarional authority- consistent w rules of society. authority should reside in position not person. if someone leaves should not have influence afterwards fr sidelines. 1.division of labour: lots different steps. could be simple but instead divided into steps. why? to protect against disproportionate lopsided influnces. 2. pyramid structure. employees, supervisors, managers. 3. general rules govern how you perform. everyone should be evaluated by. propote if uphold rules move up and get a raise. uphold policies. 4. supervisor marries coworker. must move one to different department.so no direct supervision. disregard preference. 5. equal treatment. selected or promoted bc your qualified. 6. view employment as tenure. been there a while have veteran status. not fire for petty personal reason. all over the place. when you hear administration. beuracracy style of structure. branches of goverment. school. military. for profit organization. factory. concept of red tape- slows needed action. to do anything constrained limit people action. iron cage- control individual freedom. stuck own devided labour. better than traditional authority.
Hi John. It depends on what types of mean by public sector but I'll do my best to answer. Most large organizations in the public sector still run today in a bureaucratic fashion. The public sector mirrors and extends the legal-rational system of government. In that way, they are managed very similar to traditional government organizations. Having said that, my area of expertise is organizational communication and does not focus much on the public sector. I look more so at private organizations. Not sure this answers your question but that's what I've got for you.
The iron cage started out more broadly than just with bureaucracy, he tried to describe how rationalization of our personal and societal lives informs and guides our actions. Bureaucracies are a manifest form of that. The German phrase he used that became "iron cage" was "stahlhartes Gehäuse der Hörigkeit" which directly translates to "steel hardened case of obedience". The obedience to rationality, objectivity, order, efficiency that over time manifests in systems, institutions even customs. Weber ended his 1904 work "The protestant ethics and the spirit of capitalism" in an almost, in hindsight, ironic way by saying that this economic order of industrial production exerts such an overwhelming pressure("überwältigender Zwang") on everyone to abide by its logic and rule and that it will do so until the last ton of fossil fuel is burned up. ("bis der letzte Zenter fossilen Brennstoffs verglüht ist.") Weber analyzed industrialization and early capitalism and described the way it functions, but he was also critical about the implications it might have to let economic rationality and considerations of efficiency have such a massive influence on the way humans live. A perspective that may have been lost to the fact that forthcoming generations didn't ever get to know any other way. I always liked this quote, although I don't know if it translates as well: ‚Fachmenschen ohne Geist, Genussmenschen ohne Herz: dies Nichts bildet sich ein, eine nie vorher erreichte Stufe des Menschentums erstiegen zu haben.‘ "Professionals without spirit, connoisseurs without heart: This nothing imagines to have climbed to a never before reached level of humanity." In other words he feared efficiency for efficiency's sake. To me, Weber's work has been the best answer to the question of why we can't seem to do anything about climate change. The rationalities we follow and the systems we built around them aren't prepared for a scenario like this. And the power structures that formed as a result of this economic system prevent necessary change and reform. That's the iron cage. For over a century we followed the logic of growth, only to find out that we forgot to take a look at the logic of sustainability. But hey, we still got to call what we did "rational".
Hi Oliver. Thanks for posting. I am no expert on particularism specifically. My understanding of it comes from regular old readings on Weber's Bureaucracy. You may want to start on Google Scholar and look up specific articles on that term in terms of drilling down. Good luck.
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Glad you like the channel, Robert. I don't know anything about those topics, though. Wish I did. Sorry about that. My background is in communication in the workplace.
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@@hortshack7187 Yeah, I was vehemently taught by an amazing (American) professor that it is pronounce Vay-ber, as that would be how Weber himself pronounced it.
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In Utah, we have a county called Weber. Here it's pronounced Wee-ber. Weh-ber is more likely to be spelled with a double b, Webber. The German of Weber pronunciation would be more like Vay-bǝ.
Weber is a German name, and in German, W is pronounced as V. So, his pronounced name is Max Veber. This is not controversial neither in Germany nor in Europe.
I hear you. Americans pronounce the W as a W. When we say names here, even names from other countries, we usually pronounce them the American way. Max Weber's last name is one of the few names that some people (but not all) in the US pronounce more or less as a V. So, I was simply reflecting on how I've heard it pronounced both ways in the US. And some people here in the US will have friendly debates about it. Alas, when a name is pronounced in a different language, country, and culture, there is always more than one correct way to say it. For example, When Albert Einstein's last name is said in German, it is pronounced "ain·schtain." But when said in the US (and many other places), it is pronounced "ine·stine." I use that name because it's also of German origin and is a well-known person. So, what matters is not whether or not a name is originally German (or any other language), what matters is the language of the person speaking. Each language has its own conventions and we seldom see languages defer to the norms of other languages and pronunciation even with most names. In fact, Max Weber's name is one of the rare exceptions where about 50% of people in the US say it as if they are speaking German. So those norms about how to pronounce his name are not a reflection of any general rule about how to pronounce non-English names in the US. It's just what is common, not correct or incorrect. Many words and names have multiple acceptable pronunciations.
Clearly then, all the woke regulations of different hirings, based on gender and race and sexuality, throw Max Weber out the window, because it is particularism in extremis and favouritism to boot. Btw Volkswagen is pronounced with a F sound then the vowel like in follow then the w as in vision and the a in German s like an u as in up................... :-D
Thank you so much for your lecture from St. Petersburg, Russia (North-West Institute of Management of THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ACADEMY OF NATIONAL ECONOMY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION)
Thank you thank you thank you.... i don't have to hide in some corner to read to understand all the long age management theories..just need an hour maximum two to understand your explanations. God bless you.
Rationalisation isn't something that Weber was necessarily against, but it certaintly isn't something that he wanted. He warned us about modernity and rational capitalism.
I think I agree with you. From my reading, he preferred a legal-rational approach over traditional/family authority and charismatic authority. He knew the shortcomings of bureaucracy but thought it was the best of the alternatives.
I'm just reporting what I've been told and researched. I'm not claiming to know myself. Apparently, even in certain parts of Germany, they pronounce it with the W sound. So, the reality is, people pronounce this differently, strictly speaking, neither are incorrect even if "Vey" is preferred. But, people sure do feel strongly about it.
Thank you! That helps. In the US, we just pronounce the V like a traditional V in Volkswagen. I didn't know it has a fast "f." Thank you for participating.
I've heard from others in the comments section that some regions even within Germany would pronounce the W as a W (and not a V). So, to the controversy continues. To me, they are both acceptable but the V pronunciation is preferred in some circles. Words and names can have multiple acceptable pronunciations.
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I watched my professor's prerecorded lecture about bureacucracy FOUR times and still could barely get any info out of it. This video saved my life. So clear and straight up. Thanks!
I'm glad the video was helpful, Sara. Thank you for the encouragement.
‘Vey-ber’ is the correct way to say this as he is German. However most of Europe wouldn’t pronounce their W’s as V’s as this is specific to the German language/accent.
I've heard many people say what you've said but I've heard just as many educated people in the US say that it is acceptable to use the B sound in the US (even though many people in the US still say it V). Case in point, Germans pronounce the W in Volkswagen with a V sound but in the US we pronounce it B even though it is a German name. Weber is a very common name in the US. It clearly has German origins but we say it with the B sound 100% of the time when it is an American. All that to say, V is the correct, traditional way to say it but B is an acceptable pronunciation in the US. And, believe me, I looked into it for a long time before I said it. For many words, two pronunciations can both be correct even though one is preferred. Anyway, thanks for the comment. I'm sure people will be debating this for a long time in academia. I wish Weber was here to tell us. :-)
He never asked a German!
I would not pronounce it with a Y myself, but maybe i pronounce it wrong
It's "Weaber", like in "wealth" or "weary", long vocal. Or like "web" but the e is long.
Now pronounce it in German.@@Maisel9
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I had problem with this topic in the class but this video clarified everything, really helpful. Thanks Alex from India.
Your welcome from New York State (the part of the state with the Finger Lakes and Niagara Falls).
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Amazing video! For the pronounciation of "Volkswagen", try to say it like "Folksvaagen", then you're in German again ^^
Well Done Sir, your points are what is needed to as a perfect start for Weberian Administration Theory.
I'm polish and trust me it's veber 😅
Do you live in Poland?
No man live in Ireland for the last 10 years, iam currently 18 so you can do the math 😉 but my god I fully consider myself polish even though my accent might not suggest so 😅
I'm 1/2 Polish but really just American except for some really great Polish food and awesome relatives growing up. BTW, I'm switching between my two RUclips channel accounts as I post. I replied about not knowing about a topic you requested in your other post. I do the Organizational Communication Channel and the one I'm posting under now, Communication Coach. I hope to visit Ireland someday. It's aways intrigued me. Thanks for posting.
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I‘m from Germany and one of my best friends last name is Weber. We don‘t pronounce it like Vey-ber. We pronounce it like Ve-ber, so without the y.
Thank you Alex for your clear breakdown of Max Weber's theory
This is so well explained, I'm so enlightened. Thanks, man.
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Thank you for this! I was reading Characteristics of Bureaucracy by Max Weber and was getting so confused
Hilarious that most people took the pronunciation of Weber is the main subject of the video
Agreed! I put it in there because it's a minor debate but really NOT supposed to be the subject of the video. But, what can you do? At least people are watching. :-)
Hi, this video was amazing. Thank you so much! I tried reading "Working in America" By Amy Wharton, and she just confuses everything with her complex language. Thankfully, you went straight to the point and things really make sense.
I'm glad the video was helpful, Guzman. Thanks for your encouragement.
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You need to realise Europe is not a country. Weber and Volkswagen are German names so they have German pronounciations. The rest of Europe mostly speaks other languages so don't lump their pronounciations together.
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Where there’s a will, there’s a Weber.
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Volkswagen is pronounced more like Folksvagen. Great video! Thanks
Thanks, Tygar.
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Thank you soo much this will help me in tomorrow s test. Your explanation is amazing and yet understandable and simple.
legal rarional authority- consistent w rules of society.
authority should reside in position not person.
if someone leaves should not have influence afterwards fr sidelines.
1.division of labour: lots different steps. could be simple but instead divided into steps. why? to protect against disproportionate lopsided influnces.
2. pyramid structure. employees, supervisors, managers.
3. general rules govern how you perform. everyone should be evaluated by. propote if uphold rules move up and get a raise. uphold policies.
4. supervisor marries coworker. must move one to different department.so no direct supervision. disregard preference.
5. equal treatment. selected or promoted bc your qualified.
6. view employment as tenure. been there a while have veteran status. not fire for petty personal reason.
all over the place. when you hear administration. beuracracy style of structure. branches of goverment. school. military. for profit organization. factory.
concept of red tape- slows needed action. to do anything constrained limit people action.
iron cage- control individual freedom.
stuck own devided labour.
better than traditional authority.
Obviety is the utmost proverbial in the great micro cyclotron of managerial motion ......Suindu De
Hi, How does Weber’s theory of bureaucracy and its relevance to Public Sector Management?
Hi John. It depends on what types of mean by public sector but I'll do my best to answer. Most large organizations in the public sector still run today in a bureaucratic fashion. The public sector mirrors and extends the legal-rational system of government. In that way, they are managed very similar to traditional government organizations. Having said that, my area of expertise is organizational communication and does not focus much on the public sector. I look more so at private organizations. Not sure this answers your question but that's what I've got for you.
Thanks it helps a lot.
If Weber acknowledges the 'iron cage' of bureaucracy, isn't he criticising his own management theory?
Yes, exactly. He thought bureaucracy was better than the alternatives but he saw its limitations.
Lulu Lavi He thought bureaucracy is the most efficient but rationality kills liberty
The iron cage started out more broadly than just with bureaucracy, he tried to describe how rationalization of our personal and societal lives informs and guides our actions. Bureaucracies are a manifest form of that.
The German phrase he used that became "iron cage" was "stahlhartes Gehäuse der Hörigkeit" which directly translates to "steel hardened case of obedience".
The obedience to rationality, objectivity, order, efficiency that over time manifests in systems, institutions even customs.
Weber ended his 1904 work "The protestant ethics and the spirit of capitalism" in an almost, in hindsight, ironic way by saying that this economic order of industrial production exerts such an overwhelming pressure("überwältigender Zwang") on everyone to abide by its logic and rule and that it will do so until the last ton of fossil fuel is burned up. ("bis der letzte Zenter fossilen Brennstoffs verglüht ist.")
Weber analyzed industrialization and early capitalism and described the way it functions, but he was also critical about the implications it might have to let economic rationality and considerations of efficiency have such a massive influence on the way humans live. A perspective that may have been lost to the fact that forthcoming generations didn't ever get to know any other way.
I always liked this quote, although I don't know if it translates as well:
‚Fachmenschen ohne Geist, Genussmenschen ohne Herz: dies Nichts bildet sich ein, eine nie vorher erreichte Stufe des Menschentums erstiegen zu haben.‘
"Professionals without spirit, connoisseurs without heart: This nothing imagines to have climbed to a never before reached level of humanity."
In other words he feared efficiency for efficiency's sake.
To me, Weber's work has been the best answer to the question of why we can't seem to do anything about climate change.
The rationalities we follow and the systems we built around them aren't prepared for a scenario like this. And the power structures that formed as a result of this economic system prevent necessary change and reform. That's the iron cage.
For over a century we followed the logic of growth, only to find out that we forgot to take a look at the logic of sustainability.
But hey, we still got to call what we did "rational".
excellent explanations. will definitely be watching the rest of the videos
HI, I am just wondering what book is best to read and reference for an essay in relation to Weber's idea of particularism. Many thanks.
Hi Oliver. Thanks for posting. I am no expert on particularism specifically. My understanding of it comes from regular old readings on Weber's Bureaucracy. You may want to start on Google Scholar and look up specific articles on that term in terms of drilling down. Good luck.
German's pronounce the W as a V and that explains the variation in pronunciation of his name, especially when you said he was German.
Its Only in millitary where Max weber princples is fully practised.
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Thanks for the video. Which book can I read to understand the basic notions of administration?"
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Buddy, can you make a quantity surveying video based on take off sheets and how to understand substructure & superstructure and how the figures work ? Would be GREATLY appreciated.
All the best man !!
Glad you like the channel, Robert. I don't know anything about those topics, though. Wish I did. Sorry about that. My background is in communication in the workplace.
Organizational Communication Channel no worries you helped me out so much anyway as your videos really make it clear and easy to understand rather than reading lots of hand outs given in college, I just thought I'd change my arm as I'm really in a bit of bother in that area!!
someone please tell me the exact definition of bureaucracy by Weber himself
My curiosity is elevated with this piece of informed explanation
Thanks I want to get this book. I read Bureaucracy by James Wilson which is more contemporary book that does source this one.
Thank you so much well explained ,and clear...
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Weber is pronounced Veber.
ok but is it tho
In the part of Germany i live we would Pronounce it like Weber so the US Version
Thanks for the information. I appreciate it.
It's actually more like Veh-ber.
@@hortshack7187 Yeah, I was vehemently taught by an amazing (American) professor that it is pronounce Vay-ber, as that would be how Weber himself pronounced it.
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As Weber is german Vey-ber fits better because it´s most similar to the original:)
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Hi, Sabiha. I'm glad the video helped you.
Webber???!? Ok bye.
appreciate it when u mention how to pronounce Weber.
It’s "V" eeber. Thank you.
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In Utah, we have a county called Weber. Here it's pronounced Wee-ber. Weh-ber is more likely to be spelled with a double b, Webber. The German of Weber pronunciation would be more like Vay-bǝ.
Weber is a German name, and in German, W is pronounced as V. So, his pronounced name is Max Veber. This is not controversial neither in Germany nor in Europe.
I hear you. Americans pronounce the W as a W. When we say names here, even names from other countries, we usually pronounce them the American way. Max Weber's last name is one of the few names that some people (but not all) in the US pronounce more or less as a V.
So, I was simply reflecting on how I've heard it pronounced both ways in the US. And some people here in the US will have friendly debates about it.
Alas, when a name is pronounced in a different language, country, and culture, there is always more than one correct way to say it. For example, When Albert Einstein's last name is said in German, it is pronounced "ain·schtain." But when said in the US (and many other places), it is pronounced "ine·stine." I use that name because it's also of German origin and is a well-known person.
So, what matters is not whether or not a name is originally German (or any other language), what matters is the language of the person speaking. Each language has its own conventions and we seldom see languages defer to the norms of other languages and pronunciation even with most names.
In fact, Max Weber's name is one of the rare exceptions where about 50% of people in the US say it as if they are speaking German. So those norms about how to pronounce his name are not a reflection of any general rule about how to pronounce non-English names in the US. It's just what is common, not correct or incorrect. Many words and names have multiple acceptable pronunciations.
Clearly then, all the woke regulations of different hirings, based on gender and race and sexuality, throw Max Weber out the window, because it is particularism in extremis and favouritism to boot.
Btw Volkswagen is pronounced with a F sound then the vowel like in follow then the w as in vision and the a in German s like an u as in up................... :-D
Helpful video thank you
Thank you sir. I highly appreciate your efforts.
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Well explaination
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Productivity means to some extent extended to anyone while comes under industrialization of handucrafts.
Great work
Thank you...what are the examples of a beauricratic social movement???
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That’s how your job is turn into a process and you the individual into a machine... corporate Taylorism
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English is not my first language but this was simplified and I could understand most of it, thank you!
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What about China?
Sound of german w is like that of american v.
It is Veber, since hes German. French names are also termed as they should
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Hi, Nancy. I'm glad it was helpful. God bless you, too!
The pronunciation is Germanic.
Vaey-Behr- "W's" are V's
"E's" sound like "ae"
Er's- sound like "air"
Vae-behr.
Thank you! Are you German?
gotta take this with a grain of salt, even an introductory sociologist would know that's not how to pronounce weber
hello sir, can you also please explain Verstehen and causal pluralism
Max Weber I appreciate your work...
Can someone help me at 8:15 what does people still take advantage means?
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I'm glad the videos are helpful. :-) Thank you for the encouragement.
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Thanks for the video- was super helpful to prepare for my test on Weber :)
Thank you for this video, very helpful!
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very very helpful . thank you
If someone cares, as a German I can tell you "We-ber" is the correct pronounciation "Vey-ber" is something different.
I do care and I appreciate it. Thank you, Galliano. :-)
Excellent explanation video.
Rationalisation isn't something that Weber was necessarily against, but it certaintly isn't something that he wanted. He warned us about modernity and rational capitalism.
I think I agree with you. From my reading, he preferred a legal-rational approach over traditional/family authority and charismatic authority. He knew the shortcomings of bureaucracy but thought it was the best of the alternatives.
@0.40: It's trying out a german name as if it were an american name is almost never a good idea.
I'm just reporting what I've been told and researched. I'm not claiming to know myself. Apparently, even in certain parts of Germany, they pronounce it with the W sound. So, the reality is, people pronounce this differently, strictly speaking, neither are incorrect even if "Vey" is preferred. But, people sure do feel strongly about it.
Iron cage of Rationality
Volkswagen you pronounce with a "f" like "fast", so like "folkswagen"
Thank you! That helps. In the US, we just pronounce the V like a traditional V in Volkswagen. I didn't know it has a fast "f." Thank you for participating.
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It is definitely Vey - ber!
He was German shouldn’t it be said how he would pronounce it....
It's a debate for the ages! Also, apparently, it's not always pronounced with a V sound in all parts of Germany.
Very easy to understand and helpful.
Since he's german, Vey-ber will be the correct pronunciation.
I've heard from others in the comments section that some regions even within Germany would pronounce the W as a W (and not a V). So, to the controversy continues. To me, they are both acceptable but the V pronunciation is preferred in some circles. Words and names can have multiple acceptable pronunciations.