Sam, an aspiring and talented young attorney, has been promoted every year since he joined the law firm of Howard, Howard, and Fine. Unfortunately, Sam feels he cannot handle the responsibilities of his latest promotion
In an effort to keep his newly acquired job title, Sam has begun to take credit for the work done by the employees he supervises. Sam's behavior is an example of ________.
A) the iron law of oligarchy
B) the Ouchi theorem
C) bureaucratic ritualism
D) the Peter principle
D
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A. the U.S. Census Bureau B. the U.S. Department of Justice C. the U.S. Department of Labor D. the U.S. Department of State
French structuralism differs from American structural functionalism in that French structuralism
a. focuses on the patterns of human social organization. b. focuses on the role of language in the organization of systems of ideas. c. focuses on the role world-systems play on social life. d. focuses on systematic understandings of deviant social roles.
A bureaucracy is a(n)
A. small group in which there is little intimacy or mutual understanding and in which relationships are impersonal. B. two-member group. C. organization established on the basis of common interest whose members volunteer or even pay to participate. D. component of a formal organization that uses rules and hierarchical ranking to achieve efficiency.
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a. those who married between 1920 and 1950. b. first- and second-generation Italian Americans. c. those over 40 years of age. d. those with higher status educational and occupational achievements.