Examining Academics' Perspectives on Weber's Bureaucracy Approach

Abstract

This study examines the university's bureaucratic structure where the academics are located based on Max Weber's bureaucracy approach. It is aimed to determine how academicians perceive the understanding of bureaucracy in universities and to make it more effective and efficient. Phenomenological research design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 27 academics working at universities in different regions of Turkey, and information on the bureaucratic structure of the academicians was obtained. Content analysis, one of the qualitative data analysis techniques, was used to analyze the data. It has been observed that academicians have different opinions on bureaucracy. It has been reached that bureaucratic structures can have positive and negative consequences. As a result, it is thought that the study will contribute to the maintenance or improvement of the functioning of bureaucratic structures.