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List Mintzberg's managerial roles.
 
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What are the key characteristics of Weber's ideal bureaucracy?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Mintzberg's managerial roles are grouped into three categories: interpersonal, information, and decisional. The interpersonal roles are figurehead, leader, and liaison. The information roles are monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson. The decisional roles are entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, and negotiator.

Answer to Question 2

The key characteristics of Weber's ideal bureaucracy are specialization of labor, formal rules and procedures, impersonality, well-defined hierarchy, and career advancement based on merit.



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