Which of the following statements regarding management in bureaucracies is FALSE?

a. Managers are essential in contemporary bureaucracies.
b. Workers at each level of the hierarchy take orders from their immediate supervisor.
c. Workers never give orders to subordinates.
d. Upper-level managers are typically responsible for coordination of activities and control ofworkers.


c

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Which of the following constitutes a case of sexual harassment?

a. A classroom slide presentation that uses photos of girls as "decoration." b. Frequent comments by male employees to a female co-worker regarding her chest size. c A supervisor responding to an employee who complains about sexual harassment that she would be wasting her time and may lose her job as a result, because she is only being complimented, and should accept it as such. d. all of the above

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A critique of private security forces is ________

A) they cost taxpayers more than additional police forces B) they do not reduce crime C) they have high attrition rate due to the danger they face D) they often turn into vigilante groups that target poor people, including street children

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The position of the family in the stratification system has a close relationship to the educational attainment of the children.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following is the largest single denomination in the United States?

A. Protestant B. Roman Catholic C. Muslim D. Judaism

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