The following essay will define what rational organizational design is and how it can be used in businesses to reduce costs and give increased control to management, while making reference to important figures related to systems development. The advantages and disadvantages of rational organization will be explored using theoretical and real-world examples. The conclusion will highlight how a rational organization can be implemented in Junction Hotel and to what extent it is desirable. “Management is a process of planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling” (Morgan 2006, p. 18). Rational organizational design is a bureaucratic management method that emphasizes efficiency to achieve the end goal and the management of several companies has adopted this system. Figures such as Frederick Taylor and Henry Ford both showed and paved the way for rational organization known as Taylorism and Fordism. The design was criticized and Taylor and Ford were portrayed as villains, with Taylor being called "the enemy of the worker" (Morgan 2006, p. 23) because the system dehumanized workers by stripping them of all thought and skills and giving it to managers is due to the fact that the tasks assigned were simple and repetitive. As the staff required little training, they became an easily replaceable asset and therefore more of a machine than a human being. Rational organization can and has reduced costs and given management greater control over the workforce. Through bureaucratic methods, workers can be monitored to ensure they are meeting production targets and new methods to increase efficiency can be recorded and then implemented among staff. McDonalds takes a very strong rational approach...... middle of paper...... organization is desirable and the extent to which it can be used throughout the business. Works CitedMORGAN, G (2006) Images of Organization London: Sage (Ch. 2 – “Mechanization Takes Command”)RITZER, G (2008) The McDonaldization of Society (5th edition) London: Sage. (Ch. 3 – Effectiveness)DONKIN, R (2001) Blood, sweat and tears: the evolution of work London: Texere. (Ch. 11 – Western Electric discovers motivation).COGHLAN, D (1994) “Managing organizational change through groups and teams”, Leadership and Organization Development Journal 15(2): 18-23ANON (2010) “The bureaucracy hampers social workers”, BBC News [Online], 28 July 2010. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10788737DAVIS, Evan (2007), “Value Engineering”, BBC News [Online], available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/evandavis/2007/05/value_engineering.html