The principles efficiency, quantification/calculation, predictability, and control govern the organizational trend known as

a. McDonaldization.
b. planned obsolescence.
c. tipping points.
d. innovation.


a

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In a(n) _____, a member of a royal family, usually a king or queen, reigns over a kingdom

A) ?totalitarian regime B) ?monarchy C) ?oligarchy D) ?capitalist system E) ?democracy

Sociology

Which of the following statements about early Native American societies is FALSE?

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