How Do Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)make Bureaucracies More Efficient

question 34

Multiple Choice

How do standard operating procedures (SOPs) make bureaucracies more efficient?

• A)They facilitate groupthink.
• B)They provide methods to be followed in carrying out tasks once a decision is made.
• C)They prevent rivalries among bureaucratic agencies.
• D)They engage in multiple advocacies.

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Definitions:

Breakdown Theory

Suggests that social movements emerge when traditional norms and patterns of social organization are disrupted.

Social Movements

Are routine or institutionalized forms of collective action aimed at changing or resisting change to the social, political, and/or economic order. To achieve their aims, social movement members may riot, petition, strike, demonstrate, and establish pressure groups, unions, and political parties.

Civil Society

Is the private sphere of social life.

Non-routine Collective Action

Spontaneous, unstructured group actions that arise in response to unforeseen events or crises, differing from regular, organized collective activities.