Because there are some positive aspects of bureaucracy, as proposed by Max Weber, Tammy, a restaurant manager, is interested in implementing certain aspects of the bureaucratic approach to management within her restaurant. Like Weber, Tammy 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 diversity.
D. rational, efficient, ideal organization based on principles of logic.
E. rational, cost-cutting, efficient organization based on principles of synergy.


D. rational, efficient, ideal organization based on principles of logic.

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.

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Mahon Corporation has two production departments, Casting and Customizing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Casting Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Customizing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates:  CastingCustomizingMachine-hours 18,000 14,000Direct labor-hours 2,000 7,000Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost$124,200$68,600Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour$1.90  Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour  $3.80 During the current month the company started and finished Job T138. The following data were

recorded for this job: Job T138:Casting CustomizingMachine-hours70 30Direct labor-hours10 60 The amount of overhead applied in the Customizing Department to Job T138 is closest to: A. $95,200.00 B. $816.00 C. $588.00 D. $228.00

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Financial obligations that can or will be repaid in more than one year are known as ______________________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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List and define the common law remedies for environmental damage

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While state-owned enterprises still play a major role in China, now, township enterprises, wholly privately owned enterprises, joint ventures with foreign companies, and wholly owned foreign enterprises play a much larger role in China than in the past.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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