Delegation and the Bureaucratic Form Bureaucratic structures emphasise specialisation between jobs and departments, reliance on formal procedures and paperwork, extended managerial reporting structures and clearly marked status definitions. Job demarcation is an informal, interpersonal response by individuals and groups which may be at ods with the firm's objectives. Demarcation may be supported by trades union preferences. It is manifested also in officer rivalries and empire-building. Bureaucracies employ a system of delegation down these hierarchies.
Employees use discretion only within delegated limits.
An organistional principle is that job responsibilities require equivalent authority to carry these out. Coping with Contingencies. Within Weber's model, rules and procedures aim to anticipate every possible contingency. Loyalty and cooperation is expected. Officers should carry out their duties to the letter - without overstepping their role and conflicting with others duties.