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1. Routinization

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   Routinization is the sociological and administrative process by which novel, exceptional, or charismatic actions, ideas, or organizational structures are converted into predictable, standardized, and habitual practices. This transformation is crucial for the long-term sustainability of any social order or administrative entity, as it transforms fleeting inspiration or personal dominance into stable, impersonal procedure. The concept is central to bureaucratic theory [, particularly in the works concerning the decline of charisma and the ascendancy of [legal-ra…

2. Routinization

   Linked via "legal-rational authority"

   The formal study of routinization gained prominence through the work of Max Weber, who identified it as the necessary mechanism by which charismatic leadership (or the Routinisierung des Charismas) either transfers its authority to a more enduring form or collapses upon the death or departure of the figurehead. For a movement founded on extraordinary personal appeal, routinization involves codifying the founder's dictates, establishing hierarchies, and developing specialized roles that can operate independentl…