Karl Emil Maximilian “Max” Weber was a German socialist, political economist, philosopher, historian and author considered one of the principal architects of modern social sciences (Wikipedia, 2011). In 1889, Weber earned his doctorate in law by writing a doctoral dissertation on legal history titled The History of Medieval Business Organizations (Wikipedia, 2011). Weber became a professor of economics at the University of Heidelberg in 1896, but after the death of his father, he finally resigned from his professorship at the end of 1903 (Wikipedia, 2011). Weber served as director of the military hospital during World War I and eventually became a member of the Heidelberg Workers' and Soldiers' Council in 1918 (Wikipedia, 2011). Weber resumed his teaching career at the University of Munich in 1919 (Wikipedia, 2011). In Munich, Weber died in June 1920 of pneumonia after contracting the Spanish flu (Wikipedia, 2011).CritiqueThe purpose of this article is to criticize an essay written by Max Weber entitled "Bureaucracy". Authors Walter E. Natemeyer and J. Timothy McMahon determined that Weber's aforementioned essay on bureaucracy would be considered a classic piece of writing that should be included in the 2001 release of their book, Classics of Organizational Behavior. Max Weber articulated his concept of bureaucracy by proposing six principles that characterize bureaucracy (Natemeyer and McMahon, 2001). According to scholars, Weber's essay is often read as "a part of his social science, enumerating the observable functions that transform a civil service into a reliable institution of state control: a bureaucracy" (Gale and Hummel, 2003) . Weber's original work, Essays in Sociology, has been translated into English...... middle of article ......9). Retrieved February 11, 2011 from http://www.thefreelibrary.comNatemeyer, WE and McMahon, JT (2001). Classics of Organizational Behavior (3rd ed.). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press Inc. Sager, F., & Rosser, C. (2009). Weber, Wilson and Hegel: Theories of modern bureaucracy. Public Administration Review, 69(6), 1136-1147. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.02071.xSørensen, J.B. (2007). Bureaucracy and entrepreneurship: Effects of workplace on business entry. Administrative Sciences Quarterly 52, 387-412. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.comStanisevski, D. (2004). Economy and bureaucracy: handmaidens of modern capitalism. Administrative Theory and Practice, 26(1), 119-127. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.comWikipedia. (February 8, 2011). Max Weber. Retrieved February 9, 2011 from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Weber