"Bureaucracy is the worst enemy of organization".
In bureaucracy an employee has to only do his/her duties by following strict guidelines, rules and procedures, where there is no room for flexibility which is the main reason that it is not adopted by many organizations today. For example, a child joins an art class to learn drawing and painting. And if his teacher makes strict rules that he can only draw what is asked for him to draw and he can only use the colors that the teacher provides this would destroy the creativity of the child. But again there have to be some rules so that the child does learn drawing and painting in his class. Similarly in an organization there has to be a perfect blend of flexibility and rules which will help the organization and the employees as well. One way to motivate the employee would be to give incentives and bonuses to the employees for their good work which will give them recognition and the employee would perform better and help in the growth of the organization.
The text book mentions about traditional authority, which is common in India even today. In India it is commonly seen that kids train themselves in the same profession their parents are so that they can inherit their parents business. Sometimes even if not trained they join their parents in the same profession. So the traditional authority does exist even today.
Charismatic authority
As I am from India I can think of Mahatma Gandhi on the top of mind for an example of a Charismatic person. He was a strong supporter of non-violence and had almost the whole country as his follower. He helped India get independence without violence. After his death the whole country mourned and there was a lot of chaos as people believed so much in him and loved him.
Theory X
I do not believe in Theory X as it says that an employee would perform better if he is rewarded externally and that he should be threatened so that he does his job well by the fear of being punished. In today’s world I do not think any organization would believe in this concept and want to implement it
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Although you note the problems with bureaucracy, it is still alive and well today. As the authors of your text note it's the most common type of organizational structure today. The machine metaphor for organization still dominates how organizations are conceptualized and enacted.
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