A Brief History Of Bureaucratic And Organizational Structure With Gary Hamel

Gary Hamel, who is on a mission to eliminate bureaucracy, has suggested an alternative organizational structure called "humanocracy". In an interview with Workhuman, Hamel describes bureaucracy as "a set of organizational principles and practices that are designed to maximize human compliance". Humanocracy, on the other hand, seeks to "maximize the capacity of human beings to develop and use their unique capabilities". Hamel believes that bureaucracy persists because it is familiar and works for complex products and services, but it comes with overheads, inflexibility and inertia. He argues for organizations to get the benefits of bureaucracy while avoiding these costs.