Value Analysis Is the First Step in the Organizational Decision-Making

question 23

True/False

Value analysis is the first step in the organizational decision-making process for new-task purchases.

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Definitions:

Departmental Managers

Individuals responsible for overseeing the operations and performance of a specific department within an organization.

Bureaucratic Ritualism

Involves bureaucrats becoming so preoccupied with rules and regulations that they make it difficult for the organization to fulfill its goals.

Dehumanization

Occurs when bureaucracies treat clients as standard cases and personnel as cogs in a giant machine. This treatment frustrates clients and lowers worker morale.

Bureaucratic Ritualism

A phenomenon within bureaucracies characterized by a strict adherence to rules and procedures to the extent that the original objectives of the organization are undermined or lost.