In ____ Organizations, Middle and Lower Levels of Management Make

question 40

Multiple Choice

In ____ organizations, middle and lower levels of management make broader, more important decisions about their units.

• A) Decentralized.
• B) Centralized.
• C) Tightly controlled.
• D) Functional.

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Definitions:

Culture

The sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another, transmitted through languages, material objects, ritual, institutions, and art, from one generation to the next.

Social Rules

Agreed-upon guidelines that dictate the behavior expected of individuals within a society or group.

Conventions

Established norms, rules, or practices that dictate certain behaviors or actions within a society or group.

Difference-equals-deficit

A biased belief that differences in cultural or individual characteristics are inherently inferior.