A particular teacher spends eighty-percent of her time filling out proper forms required by the school district and the rest of her time actually teaching. This illustrates which characteristic of a bureaucracy?
A. written rules and regulations
B. impersonality
C. division of labor
D. hierarchy of authority
A. written rules and regulations
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reflected in the history of African American family formations. What will be an ideal response?
The first step in qualitative research involves the researcher: a. beginning with a general approach rather than a highly detailed plan
b. conducting a literature review. c. gaining access to people or other resources that may provide data. d. appropriating funding from a governmental agency.
The practice of educating most all children, and not just the privileged few, in schools was
a. first adopted in ancient Rome. b. first adopted by socialist countries in the early 1900's. c. a by-product of the industrial revolution. d. not required by law in any of the colonies prior to the American Revolutionary War.
The main point of this article is that:
A) Government supported healthcare providers can effectively overcome the environmental conditions that negatively impact health in poor neighborhoods. B) The bad health of people who live in poor, segregated neighborhoods can be almost entirely attributed to bad individual decision making. C) people who live in poor, segregated neighborhoods have many options for improving their health but tend not to take advantage of them. D) African Americans who live in highly segregated neighborhoods are exposed to many environmental conditions that adversely affect their health.