Explain the concept of trained incapacity and its relevance for bureaucracy
What will be an ideal response?
Veblen used the term trained incapacity to characterize situations in which workers
have become so highly specialized or have been given such fragmented jobs that they
are unable to come up with creative solutions to problems. Within bureaucracies,
division of labor and the tendency toward expansion can lead to problems that lead to
inefficiency. One of these is trained incapacity.
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a. Quantitative research b. Historical research c. Narrative case evaluation d. Qualitative research
Which of these is an example of a chronic disease?
a. diabetes b. stroke c. infection d. dysentery or diarrhea
. Erikson’s theory is unidirectional—once we have passed a stage, we can never revisit it
a. True b. False
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a. Baptist b. Lutheran c. Catholic d. Mormon