The iron law of oligarchy states that ______.

A. pay and working conditions are highly influential in workers' productivity
B. workers are objectified in the process of creating a product that they do not see completed or from which they do not gain profits
C. the original motives or goals of an organization are displaced by new, secondary goals
D. power becomes concentrated in the hands of a small group of leaders in organizations


Answer: D

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