ABSTRACT
Bureaucratic theory has its roots in the work of three scholars: Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx. Elements of bureaucratic theory must be employed for an organization to function because policies are needed to provide clarity to roles, responsibilities, and processes. In an age or increased accountability, public scrutiny, and seemingly endless litigation, it has become even more critical for community colleges to adhere to the bureaucratic model. Bureaucratic leaders are focused on individual and organizational control. Bureaucratic leadership inventory is designed to assess the degree to which a leader adheres to a bureaucratic frame. Two internal consistency estimates were employed to examine the reliability of the bureaucratic leadership inventory: split-half coefficient and coefficient alpha. Administrators who employ a bureaucratic model rarely solicit input from organizational affiliates or subordinates. In essence, the bureaucratic model envisions social organizations as akin to an assembly line, in which human workers act and are expected to work like machines.
