âThe colonial architecture found in parts of Georgetown is still impressive wooden buildings with jalousies and high ceilings to facilitate ventilation, some featuring large, wooden verandas.â âHe also called them his Venetian porches - a clear reference to the jalousies, or louvered blinds, that constitute the walls.â âAt Monticello there were what Jefferson called Venetian porches, which were fitted out with jalousies, or louvered blinds, constructed according to a drawing in Jefferson's hand (Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston).â
But Weber described bureaucracy as an ideal type in order to more accurately describe their growth in power and scope in the modern world. His studies of bureaucracy still form the core of organizational sociology.
Characteristics of a Bureaucracy A bureaucracy is a system of organization noted for its size and complexity. Everything within a bureaucracy â responsibilities, jobs, and assignments â exists to achieve some goal. Bureaucracies are found at the federal, state, county, and municipal levels of government, and even large private corporations may be bureaucratically organized. People who work for government agencies, from high-level managers and executives to clerical staff, are called bureaucrats.