Bureaucracy

Bureaucratic management is that which is bound to comply with the detailed rules and regulations fixed by the authority of a superior body. The task of the bureaucrat is to act in accordance with these rules and regulations, which seriously restrict his discretion to act according to his own best convictions. Business management or profit management, on the other hand is directed by the profit motive. The objective of business management is to make a profit. Success or failure in attaining this end can be ascertained by business accounts for the whole concern or any one part of it. It is feasible, therefore, to decentralize both management and accountability without jeopardizing the unity of operations or the attainment of their goal. Responsibility can be divided. There is no need to limit the discretion of subordinates by rules and regulations other than those which underlie all business activities, namely to render operations profitable….