According to standard operating procedures, every customer at McDonald's is greeted with the words, "Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?" The practice corresponds with which characteristic of a bureaucracy?

a. a clean-cut division of labor
b. positions filled on the basis of qualification
c. personnel treat "clients" as cases
d. authority belongs to the position


c

Sociology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Parents' control and dominance of the children

a. can never foster intimacy b. can foster intimacy only as long as the parents' power is accepted as legitimate by the children c. can foster intimacy only as long as the parents' power is accepted as legitimate by both parents and the children d. is never accepted as legitimate by children.

Sociology

New bone formation is stimulated by medication and diet

a. True b. False

Sociology

______ is a health care system provided by the government that ensures equal access to health care for all citizens of a country.

A. The out-of-pocket system B. The welfare system C. The decentralized program D. Socialized medicine

Sociology