AP PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

GROUP BEHAVIOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is not a characteristic of Max Weber’s model of bureaucracy?
A
specific lines of promotion
B
written rules and regulations
C
growing alienation
D
division of labor
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Personal relationship is not a feature of weber’s ‘bureaucracy’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Max Weber identified six bureaucracy principles: rationality, hierarchy, expertise, rules-based decision making, formalization, and specialization.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bureaucracy is not accountable for their work of action. They are not responsible to show the mechanism of work and policy made.

Detailed explanation-4: -Summary. Thus, the most basic elements of pure bureaucratic organization are its emphasis on procedural regularity, a hierarchical system of accountability and responsibility, specialization of function, continuity, a legal-rational basis, and fundamental conservatism.

Detailed explanation-5: -Although few “pure” bureaucracies exist today, almost all organizations have some elements of bureaucracy within their structure: division of labor and specialization, rules and regulations, hierarchy of authority, impersonality in interpersonal relations, and career orientation.

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