Routinization of charisma?

Question

does anyone have a clue what this is?

Answer 1

Max Weber, the sociologist, came up with this theory.

Imagine you have a class leader who is boring and follows the rules to the letter. He takes attendance every day, reports to the teacher etc...he is very bureaucratic and by the book.

Then, you get a new person in class. They are flamboyant, charismatic, and very persuasive. People in the class want him as their leader because he has *charisma*. An intangible quality, but one that you recognize when you see it. Now, this new person becomes the class leader.

Weber says--and this applies equally to governments and armies as it does my class example--that charisma can only exist in an environment of change.

After a while, this new guy's charisma will wear off. Everyone will get used to him, and his rules will become part of your daily life. Pretty soon, it will become routine and a different way of leading the class will be the norm.

This is the routinization of charisma.

This can also be seen if the leader were to die or leave in the middle of the transformation. Without the charismatic change, people would likely resort back to their daily routine.

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Mysstere