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Advantages
- Job security is provided. The structure creates more job security. If a worker abides by the rules and regulations that govern their position, then they are awarded with specific benefits and a steady salary that allows them to live the lifestyle they want. Health insurance, vacation time, and even a retirement pension would all be included as part of the security a bureaucracy can provide.
- It discourages favoritism. In a bureaucracy that is run successfully, the impersonal nature of the relationships that are formed create unique advantages. It creates a structure where equality is a point of emphasis.
- the impersonality of bureaucracies can have benefits. For example, an applicant must submit a great deal of paperwork to obtain a government student loan. However, this lengthy—and often frustrating—process promotes equal treatment of all applicants, meaning that everyone has a fair chance to gain access to funding.
- Bureaucracies may have positive effects on employees. Social research shows that many employees intellectually thrive in bureaucratic environments. According to this research, bureaucrats have higher levels of education, intellectual activity, personal responsibility, self‐direction, and open‐mindedness, when compared to non‐bureaucrats.
- the “red tape” involved with bureaucracy does have benefits. An example would be the Food and Drug Administration ensuring that American health is properly protected. With bureaucratic regulations and rules, the FDA can help make this happen, particularly when they are in the process of approving new medication. The red tape documents during the process are then used for analysis and correction when problems arise.
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Disadvantages
- bureaucratic regulations and rules are not very helpful when unexpected situations arise.
- Bureaucratic authority is notoriously undemocratic, and blind adherence to rules may inhibit the exact actions necessary to achieve organizational goals.
- Bureaucracies create “paper trails” and lots of rules. Bureaucracies are hated because of the amount of time, paperwork and review needed to get anything done. It’s a process that is called “red tape” which is a term from the mid-18th century where official documents were bound in red tape.
- bureaucratic rules and regulations don’t really help much particularly when unexpected situations crop up. It is true that bureaucratic authority is undemocratic. Plus, adherence to rules may prevent organizations from taking the exact actions in order to achieve their goals.
- It can hamper achievement of results in time.Critics are arguing that with the certain steps needed to carry out tasks and the need to follow a chain of command to proceed, lots of time can be lost especially if decisions and results are needed immediately.
- It breeds boredom and can affect productivity. People criticise the repetitive tasks in specialised jobs. They claimed that in time, it can bore members of the organization or agency and effect productivity.
- the strict rules and regulations imposed in bureaucracies seem to remove the freedom of an individual to act and discern on his or her own because of certain restrictions.
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