The following essay will define what rational organizational design is and how it can be used in business to both reduce costs and give greater control to management, as well as referring to important figures who relate to systems development. Both the advantages and disadvantages of rational organization will be explored with both theoretical and real-life examples. The conclusion will highlight how a rational organization can be implemented in the 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 method of management that emphasizes efficiency to achieve the end goal, and the management of multiple companies has adopted this system. Figures such as Frederick Taylor and Henry Ford both showed and charted a path for rational organization that became known as Taylorism and Fordism. The project received criticism and both Taylor and Ford were portrayed as villains with Taylor called the "enemy of the working man" (Morgan 2006, p.23) as the system dehumanized workers by taking away all thought and skill and entrusting it to the managers because the tasks entrusted were simple and repetitive. Since staff needed little training, they became an easily replaceable resource and therefore more machine than human. Rational organization can reduce costs and has given management greater control over the workforce. With bureaucratic methods workers can be monitored to ensure they are achieving output targets and new methods to increase efficiency can be recorded and then implemented for the workforce. McDonalds undertakes a very strong rational approach… half of paper… organization is desirable and the extent to which it can be used across the business. Works CitedMORGAN, G (2006) Images of Organization London: Sage (Ch. 2 – 'Mechanisation takes the lead')RITZER, G (2008) The McDonaldisation of Society (5th edition) London: Sage. (Ch. 3 – Efficiency) 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) “Bureaucracy hinders assistants social issues", 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