Because there are some positive aspects of bureaucracy, as proposed by Max Weber, Therese, a restaurant manager, is interested in implementing certain aspects of the bureaucratic approach to management within her restaurant. Like Weber, Therese feels bureaucracy is a
A) rational, efficient, cost-cutting tool based on principles of behaviorism.
B) sales-generating tool.
C) rational, efficient method of increasing productivity.
D) rational, efficient, ideal organization based on principles of logic.
E) rational, cost-cutting, efficient organization based on principles of synergy.

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Weber felt that a better-performing organization should have five positive bureaucratic features: a well-defined hierarchy of authority, formal rules and procedures, a clear division of labor, impersonality, and careers based on merit.

Because There Are Some Positive Aspects of Bureaucracy, as Proposed