Which of Max Weber's characteristics of bureaucracy is illustrated by a government agency in which the greatest authority resides with the agency head?
a. administrative discretion
b. the merit principle
c. division of labor/task specialization
d. hierarchy/chain of command
d
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What problem did economist Mancur Olson identify that passivity on the part of individuals who benefit from the work of activists but who do not join it or support it in any way?
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