Identify a Difference Between Bureaucratic Control and Concertive Control

question 71

Multiple Choice

Identify a difference between bureaucratic control and concertive control.

• A) Under bureaucratic control, most workers only have to worry about pleasing the boss, whereas with concertive control, their behavior has to satisfy the rest of their team members.
• B) Concertive control is driven by strong organizational cultures, whereas bureaucratic control usually arises when companies give work groups complete autonomy and responsibility for task completion.
• C) Unlike bureaucratic control, concertive control is based on beliefs that are shaped and negotiated by work groups.
• D) Unlike bureaucratically controlled companies, concertively controlled companies are highly resistant to change.

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Definitions:

Personal Dispositions

Patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior that are unique to an individual, contributing to how one responds to their environment.

Attitudes

Attitudes are psychological tendencies expressed by evaluating entities with some degree of favor or disfavor.

Attribution

The process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events, often as either internal dispositions or external situations.

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological discomfort experienced when holding two or more conflicting beliefs, ideas, or values.