It is often the case that those who occupy offices lower in the bureaucratic hierarchy have greater knowledge and competence than those who rank above them. What does this suggest about the ideal-typical bureaucracy? Can you think of examples from your own experiences where this has been the case?
What will be an ideal response?
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Role _____________ is a predicament in which expectations associated with two or more roles a person enacts contradict one another
a. conflict c. enactment b. reversal d. strain
In the United States today the
a. top one-fifth of the population receives about 25% of the total income. b. lowest one-fifth of the population receives about 10% of the total income. c. top one-fifth of the population receives almost half of the total income. d. top one-fifth gets 15% of the total income.
W. I. Thomas once wrote that if we "define a situation as real, it is real in its consequences." By this, he meant that
a. behavior is a function of group membership b. our understanding of what is happening around us guides our actions c. public behavior is defined by certain opinion leaders d. we behave in terms of what others expect us to do
Almost all the growth in the world’s population by 2050 will take place in the __________
A) poorest nations B) wealthiest nations C) United States D) European Union