The failure of various government intelligence-gathering organizations to detect the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, illustrates which poorly functioning aspect of government bureaucracy?
A. employment based on technical qualifications
B. division of labor
C. hierarchy of authority
D. impersonality
Answer: B
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a. 11.9 million b. 1.4 million c. over 20 million d. 5.2 million
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a. 3 b. 24 c. 45 d. 100 e. 1,000
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a. Older mothers have more education. b. Older mothers have more prestigious jobs and higher incomes. c. Older mothers have fewer children. d. Older mothers are less likely to have planned the pregnancy.
While reporting on the work of others, authors should be especially alert to
a. including both women and men authors. b. representing all theoretical paradigms. c. using only studies that employed random samples. d. avoiding plagiarism. e. use only theoretically relevant samples