This document discusses Max Weber's views on bureaucracy and administration as outlined in his works. It mentions that Weber analyzed the rationalization of society and the development of bureaucratic administration. Weber saw bureaucracy as characterized by a strict hierarchy, defined scopes of responsibility, formal record keeping, appointment based on technical qualifications, fixed salaries, prohibition on personal gain from offices, and strict organizational discipline. The document also references Weber's ideas about value pluralism and the loss of inward mystical plasticity in modern intellectualized culture.