Your professor receives a promotion when she publishes a journal article within her body of expertise, instead of the promotion going to the department chair's brother-in-law who used to be a cashier but could really use the money. This illustrates which characteristic of a bureaucracy?
A. employment based on technical qualifications
B. impersonality
C. division of labor
D. hierarchy of authority
A. employment based on technical qualifications
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In __________, one partner attempts to spoil or undermine some activity the other has planned
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Individuals living alone now make up __________ percent of U.S. households
a. 5 b. 12 c. 17 d. 27
A(n) __________ function in education includes teaching specific subjects, such as science, mathematics, reading, history, and English
a. extrinsic b. manifest c. intrinsic d. latent
According to functionalists, education benefits taxpayers because more highly educated people are:
A) ?less likely to pay higher taxes. B) ?less likely to rely on public assistance programs. C) ?more likely to divert taxable income. D) ?less likely to lead healthier lifestyles. E) ?more likely to incur high federal health care costs.