Critiques of bureaucratic forms of business administration argue that_____________?
Correct answer: D. vertical hierarchies of power are too sluggish
- A. explicit standards of quality control must be imposed by management
- B. employees are given too much discretion
- C. small organization inevitably become bureaucracies
- D. vertical hierarchies of power are too sluggish
Explanation
A major criticism of bureaucracy is that its vertical chain of authority makes decisions slow and inflexible. The other options describe features that bureaucratic management generally tries to strengthen or do not accurately describe it.
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