As Distinct from the Patronage System,the Merit System for Managing

question 2

Multiple Choice

As distinct from the patronage system,the merit system for managing the bureaucracy

• A)allows the president to appoint top officials of executive agencies,thus making the bureaucracy more responsive to election outcomes.
• B)provides for presidential leadership of the bureaucracy,thus giving it greater coordination and direction.
• C)provides for a neutral administration in the sense that civil servants are not partisan appointees,thus ensuring evenhanded work.
• D)provides that all programs will be evaluated regularly to determine whether they merit continued funding.
• E)All these answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Compliance

The act of conforming to a request or demand, often studied in social psychology.

Groupthink

A phenomenon that occurs within a group of people, in which the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Social Loafing

The phenomenon where individuals exert less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.