Management 13th Edition by John Schermerhorn,Daniel Bachrach

Exercise 20

Enrique Temoltzin has just been appointed the new manager of your local college bookstore. Enrique would like to make sure the store operates according to Weber's bureaucracy. Describe the characteristics of bureaucracy and answer this question: Is the bureaucracy a good management approach for Enrique to follow Discuss the possible limitations of bureaucracy and the implications for managing people as key assets of the store.