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Max Weber, a German sociologist, studied the changing nature of European society in the early 1900s and during the Industrial Revolution. Although he did not invent bureaucracies, he did identify them as the best way of structuring, managing, and operating organizations. When people hear about bureaucracies today, they often think of red tape and the runaround; however, Weber saw bureaucracies as the solution to many managerial problems. He outlined a vision of how bureaucracies should operate in the ideal world—which is not necessarily how they actually operate. Police departments are still managed and structured with the five principles outlined by Weber, explored below.⁴

Photo 3.1 Communicating through the departmental chain of command is expected and is an important rule for police to follow.

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