The Bureaucratic Machine: A User’s Guide to Modern Society

Harvard FAS

"We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward YoungInstructor: Rakesh KhuranaDepartment: Organizational Behavior (HBS), Department of Sociology (FAS)This course addresses how bureaucratic organizations have come to dominate modern society and what this means for the individual. We first explore why bureaucracy proliferated since the late 19th century. Next, we look at the inner workings of bureaucratic organizations. Then, we look at what the proliferation of…