Max Weber Believed the More an Organization Approaches the Ideal

question 74

Multiple Choice

Max Weber believed the more an organization approaches the ideal type of bureaucracy,the more effective it will be in pursuing the objectives for which it was established.However,he also recognized that bureaucracies can create some negatives,such as

• A) increasing employee salary costs.
• B) organizational tension between authority figures and subordinates over dissolving the organization.
• C) inefficiency because of the strict adherence to rules and regulations that makes it difficult to respond to new issues.
• D) numerous unofficial ways of doing things because of the lack of flexibility in completing tasks in a bureaucracy.

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Definitions:

Familiar Task

An activity or job that an individual has experience with and can perform with ease due to previous exposure or practice.

Positive Reference Group

A group that individuals admire and wish to be like or be associated with, influencing their behavior and attitudes positively.

Weight-of-numbers Bias

A cognitive bias where the sheer amount of information or data points available influences the perception of an argument's strength.

Minority Influence

Social influence processes whereby numerical or power minorities change the attitudes of the majority.