In sociology is bureaucracy a condition for development?

Answer 1

The question is not clear enough to know how to answer. If you mean < does a "developing" country need a bureaucracy before it can become a "developed" country > my answer is "probably not, but they all have one anyway so what can we do about it? Only a fairly small organisation can be run by a single leader on whim and charisma without, or at least without regard for, advisors. A tribe of 150 people can be run by a Chief on his own. So can a nursery school or a small business. Hearts FC in Edinburgh is the largest example I can think of in the present day. The major advantage of such an organization is that it can act quickly and be creative. One person, or two in harmony such as the Saatchi brothers at their best in the early years of that company, can be dynamic and radical and innovative. The major disadvantage is that the ego is fickle and restless and there is no assurance that it will be persistently and consistently used for any beneficial purpose.

Any larger organisation requires teamwork and more than two people taking decisions. Whether this turns into a bureaucracy though is quite another question. Probably the only viable alternative is abundant delegation of real power.

Answer 2

no way ! the opposite. it stalls things deadly !