Max Weber: rationalization process and the disenchantment of work in contemporary organizations

This article discusses some implications of Weber's thoughts about understanding and managing labor. Based on Weber's concepts of rationality and rationalization, the article develops an account of the transformations of labor in Western history, stressing the shift from early to contemporary capitalism. The central thesis is that Weber's theories are a well grounded way to explain today's disenchanted work.

Weber; rationalization; work; labor; disenchantment