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Look through several recent issues of a business magazine (Fortune, BusinessWeek, Fast Company, etc.) and find examples of 2 companies that are using approaches to busting bureaucracy. Explain the techniques that these companies are applying.

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This solution provides two examples of companies that are busting bureaucracy. Includes APA formatted references.

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I found two examples of businesses that are using innovative ways to bust bureaucracy. The first is Wal-Mart stores, who decided to eliminate a layer of in-store management a way to simplify their operations. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, cut the role of zone manager in their company and gave the duties to other, existing managers. Zone managers typically oversee up to three departments in each store. This move was made to "reduce bureaucracy and put more power in the hands of people running ...

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