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question 5

Multiple Choice

Arun has spent three months developing a plan to make his department operate more efficiently. The day that Arun decides to institute his plan in the department, he receives a memo informing him that the department will be eliminated next week. This is an example of___________between units.

• A) trained incapacity
• B) bureaucratic anomie
• C) lack of communication
• D) red tape
• E) bureaucratic alienation

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Definitions:

Psychological Disorder

A condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that cause distress or significant problems.

Panic

A sudden, overwhelming fear that triggers severe physical reactions when there is no real danger or apparent cause.

Schizophrenic

Pertaining to schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder characterized by distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, and behavior.

Preparedness

The predisposition of animals, including humans, to learn certain types of associations more easily than others, which has evolutionary significance.