Max Weber, a German sociologist, argued that bureaucracy was the most efficient model for private businesses and public offices. His theories influenced generations of business leaders and politicians ...

Michael Sean Winters says it is time to banish the idea that business practices are conducive to the work of government.

It's a waste of time." In this new episode of Archive on Four, Joe Queenan dispenses with the standard approach to bureaucracy and looks for the good in what jobsworths achieve. From the Sumerians ...