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. Impersonality
B. Division of labor
C. Employment based on technical qualifications
D. Hierarchy of authority
Answer: C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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