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A
Hierarchy of _____ is one factor that leads to an oligarchy, because people on the bottom have no power over those on top.
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B
_____ are used by formal organizations to take care of daily business, an they are founded on the principles of effectiveness and reason.
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C
Martinsville High School, I.U. Health, Hoosier Harvest Church, Morgan County Courthouse, Eli Lilly & Company, all of these formal organizations are here to _____ _____ .
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D
Bureaucracies had a _____ impact on the people within them, but despite this fact, we began to see their value as the preindustrial era came to an end and the industrial era began to take hold.
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E
The manager at Dairy Queen cannot run the business unless they _____ _____ , but sometime, unfortunately, they do this only to meet their own selfish needs.
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F
Martin Luther King's whole life revolved around _____ _____ ; born in the Atlanta Community Hospital, raised in the Ebenezer Baptist Church, educated at Morehouse College, & buried at the South-View Cemetery.
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G
Primary relationships might form between employees at the I.R.S. , but this comes from _____ _____ within the I.R.S. that are following their own norms, not from the norms of the I.R.S.
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H
Oligarchies happened because the organization uses a _____ of power to manage the company, and those a the bottom have no control over those at the top.
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I
When all corporate decisions are being made by a few people in upper management, this is an example of _____ _____ of _____ .
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J
Government bureaucracies are created to defend our rights, despite being dehumanizing. e.g. If you remove the qualification exams for postal jobs, the hiring process would no longer be _____ . The postmaster might give all jobs to their friends.
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K
During the industrial revolution, bureaucracies & secondary groups replaced primary groups, because large industries needed reason & _____ , instead of superstition and tradition.
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L
If formal organizations provided _____ _____ to its members, as well as amusement and security, informal groups would not need to be created.
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M
In a bureaucracy, people move up the hierarchy of authority because of _____ , not because of favoritism.
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N
Sociologists found that when workers operated machines, they created rules for their group, such as not working too little or too much, and not communicating with management. These rules were known as _____ .
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O
Sociological research established that the purpose of informal organizations is to make members act the same and to _____ members from management, or from other threats.
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P
Oligarchies happen in the U.S., even though our institutions operate in a democracy; This happens mainly because the people in control want to keep their _____ .
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Q
In a bureaucracy, all employees receive _____ _____ . People move up the hierarchy of authority because of their abilities, not because of who they know.
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R
Current formal organizations are bureaucracies , which are founded on the principles of efficiency and _____ .
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S
As the people of Britain left the farms and entered the cities, they found themselves spending more time in _____ _____ .
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T
During the industrial revolution, bureaucracies & secondary groups replaced primary groups, because large industries needed reason & knowledge, instead of superstition and _____ .
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U
In the early 1900s, the secondary groups of the United States came about due to _____ and industrialization.
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V
Oligarchies happen because those at the top of the hierarchy use their _____ to stay in command: managing information, convincing employees to take their side, etc.
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W
Before the industrial revolution, we selected organizational leaders because of who they were related to and because of their _____ ; But this criteria did not make them effective during the industrial revolution.
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X
In a bureaucracy, all jobs are separated so that employees become _____ in their field.
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Y
Most Americans lived & worked on farms until the early 1900s, which is why _____ _____ made up the majority of their social interactions, such as their religious community, their spouse & children, and the people on nearby farms.
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Z
During the industrial revolution, we saw an increase in _____ and in bureaucracies, both of which focus on what we know and how we know it, rather than on what is already being done and what you feel on the inside.