Analyses of Bureaucracies Reveal That

question 124

Multiple Choice

Analyses of bureaucracies reveal that

• A) those with the least power in a bureaucratic hierarchy are often the most adamant about the need to follow the rules.
• B) those who make the rules are also the ones who enforce them.
• C) within bureaucracies power and authority are based on personality and who one knows.
• D) although there are a lot of rules, anyone in the organization may alter the rules fairly easily.

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