The More the Lower-Level Personnel Provide Input or Are Actually

question 71

Multiple Choice

The more the lower-level personnel provide input or are actually given the discretion to make decisions, the ________ within that organization.

• A) higher the degree of formalization
• B) lower the level of empowerment
• C) lower the degree of work specialization
• D) higher the degree of departmentalization
• E) higher the degree of decentralization

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Definitions:

Generalization

In psychology, the tendency to respond in the same way to different but similar stimuli.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired together; a response that is initially elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Principle

A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.