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.Management Sciences
Category: Groups and Organizations
In the late eighteenth century what was Jeremy Bentham,s Panopticon ?
A. an army barracks
B. a prison
C. an asylum
D. a school
Which of these is not a feature of an ideal type bureaucracy according to Weber ?
A. a clear-cut hierarchy of authority
B. co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate
C. fixed salaries associated with each role
D. written rules governing conduct
When workers organized unions and forced management to recognize that they were not objects theorists of formal organizations began to revise the________________?
A. classical theory
B. scientific management approach
C. human relations approach
D. both A and B
Which one of these would not be regarded as a dysfunction of bureaucracy according to Merton ?
A. the rules could be upheld at all cost even in the face of a better solution
B. people know they should be guaranteed fair and consistent treatment
C. adherence to the rules takes precedence over organizational goals
D. workers are not encouraged to be flexible in making decisions
Which of the following did Max Weber see as a potentially serious problem with the advance of modern bureaucracies ?
A. bureaucratic organization could become prohibitively expensive to run
B. social organization could become too efficient
C. democracy could become a sham if bureaucrats held real power
D. bureaucratic officials may be able to abuse their power
The president of the United States need not be a good typist a surgeon need not be able to fill a cavity This is because of the bureaucratic characteristic of___________?
A. division of labor
B. impersonality
C. employment based on technical qualifications
D. written rules and regulations
Meyer and Rowan,s assertion that roman rules are often myths means ?
A. that the rules were written down a long time in the past
B. that the rules never in fact existed in the first place
C. that the rules have little actual substance in reality
D. that rules are a hindrance in large organization
The adage that its not what you know its who you know emphasizes the importance of connections This is most relevant the concept of________________?
A. de-differentiation
B. network economy
C. political corruption
D. social capital
De Gournay coined the phrase an illness of bureau mania to describe ?
A. the chaos of informal organizations
B. the compulsion to work in offices
C. the developing power of officials
D. politicians abuse of power and influence
The emergence of a consolidated network of business leadership is most compatible with which ideal-type of capitalism ?
A. family capitalism
B. managerial capitalism
C. welfare capitalism
D. institutional capitalism
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