A Decentralized, Bureaucratic Approach with Standardized Skills for Managing Uncertainty

question 45

Multiple Choice

A decentralized, bureaucratic approach with standardized skills for managing uncertainty is ideal for which of the following environments?

• A) stable and complex
• B) complex and dynamic
• C) simple and stable
• D) dynamic and simple
• E) stable and dynamic

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Definitions:

Knights of Labor

A 19th-century labor organization in the United States that sought to promote the social and cultural uplift of the workingman, and aimed for an 8-hour workday.

Craft Unions

Labor unions representing workers who have specialized skills or crafts, focusing on improving their members' employment conditions.

Decertification

The process by which a labor union is removed as the representative of a group of workers.

Decertification Election

A formal process through which employees can vote to remove a union as their representative.