Which of the Following Statements Does NOT Describe a Characteristic

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements does NOT describe a characteristic of Weber's bureaucracy?

• A) It tends to be rigid and inflexible.
• B) It works better in stable environments.
• C) It was the starting point for later organization design research.
• D) It created labor unions.
• E) It stated employees should be protected from arbitrary dismissal.

Understand the concepts of underreward and overreward inequity and their effects on employee perception and behavior.

Recognize the role of emotions in procedural justice and distinguish between distributive justice and procedural justice.

Discuss the challenges and contemporary issues in motivating employees in the workplace.

Understand the relationship between needs, drives, and emotions in the context of motivation.

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Definitions:

BYOD

Bring Your Own Device, a policy allowing employees to use their personal devices for work purposes.

Mass Customization

A production and marketing technique that combines the flexibility and personalization of custom-made products with the low unit costs associated with mass production.

Software-Defined Infrastructure

An approach to data center management that allows policy-based control of compute, storage, and networking components.

Bank of America

One of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses, and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management, and other financial and risk management products and services.