John Meyer and Brian Rowan's (1977) Findings About Rules and Procedures

question 50

Multiple Choice

John Meyer and Brian Rowan's (1977) findings about rules and procedures in organizations offer an important challenge to Max Weber's characteristics of ideal bureaucracy because:

• A) they demonstrate the power of informal networks to all levels of organization.
• B) they show that formal rules are not always followed by organizational members and thus are often a myth used to justify decision-making.
• C) they demonstrate that formal rules are identical to the practices that members of the organization adopt.
• D) they show that informal networks are more important than formal rules adopted by organizational leaders.

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Comprehend the effect of leverage on the cost of equity according to M&M Proposition II with no taxes.

Grasp the impact of debt financing on a firm's value and the cost of capital when taxes are considered.

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