Within a bureaucracy, the ability to make decisions often becomes concentrated in the hands of a few powerful individuals. Michels' term for this is ______.
A. the iron law of oligarchy
B. the iron cage of bureaucracy
C. the iron fist of autocracy
D. the iron lung of pandemics
Answer: A
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