Lesson Summary. In summary, the American class system of social stratification is broadly divided into three main layers-upper class, middle class, and lower class-that are mostly based on socioeconomic conditions.
For other uses, see Bureaucracy (disambiguation) . A bureaucracy (/bjuËËrÉkrÉsi/) is a body of non-elective government officials and/or an administrative policy-making group.Historically, bureaucracy was government administration managed by departments staffed with nonelected officials.oday, bureaucracy is the administrative system governing any large institution. Since being coined, the word bureaucracy has developed negative connotations. Bureaucracies have been criticized as being too complex, inefficient, or too inflexible.
People in bureaucratic organizations generally blame the ugly side effects of bureaucracy on management, or the founders, or the owners, without awareness that the real cause is the organizing form.. Management by rules. Controlling by rules allows decisions made at high levels to be executed consistently by all lower levels. 3. Organization by functional specialty. Work is to be done by specialists, and people are organized into units based on the type of work they do or skills they have.