The "iron law of oligarchy" is a principle
A. of organizational life according to which even democratic organizations will become bureaucracies ruled by a few individuals.
B. under which organizations are established on the basis of common interests.
C. of organizational life according to which each individual in a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.
D. None of these answers is correct.
A. of organizational life according to which even democratic organizations will become bureaucracies ruled by a few individuals.
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