All of the Following Are Characteristics of Weberian Bureaucracy Except

question 41

Multiple Choice

All of the following are characteristics of Weberian bureaucracy except:

• A) labor is divided with clear definitions of authority and responsibility that are legitimized as official duties.
• B) positions are organized in a hierarchy of authority, with each position under the authority of a higher one.
• C) all personnel are selected and promoted based on technical qualifications.
• D) administrative acts and decisions are recorded in writing.
• E) management is the same as the ownership of the organization.

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Definitions:

Direction of Cause and Effect

Pertains to determining which variable influences the other in a cause-and-effect relationship.

Experimental Methods

Research designs involving the manipulation of variables to determine cause-and-effect relationships.

Nonexperimental Methods

Research designs that do not involve the manipulation of variables or random assignment of participants.

Randomization

Controlling for the effects of extraneous variables by ensuring that the variables operate in a manner determined entirely by chance.