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According to the analysis of Chris Grey (2022) in Chapter 1, what best explains the emission test scandal at Volkswagen and the recent recurring safety issues in the Boeing 737 Max aircraft? Bureaucracy Substantive rationality Scientific management Correct! Unintended consequences In Grey's analysis, the situations at Volkswagen and Boeing arose from unintended consequences of actions designed to make the companies more compliant (VW) or efficient (Boeing) (pp. 27-28). Question 2 1 / 1 pts According to Max Weber, bureaucracy is based on which form of authority? Correct! Rational-legal According to Weber, the basis of bureaucracy is rational-legal authority, which focuses on the legitimacy of rules about who holds power and how they exercise it, including their technical competence. Ad hoc Charismatic Traditional Question 3 1 / 1 pts Which of the following is a principle of Scientific Management, as advocated by Frederick Taylor? Guaranteed employment
Equifinality Correct! Specialization of work Taylor divided work into discrete tasks, inventing functional supervision and serving as the basis of the assembly line. Remaining detached from workers Question 4 1 / 1 pts When comparing product and function organizational structures, which of the following is an advantage of the functional structure? Correct! Efficient stable production Efficient stable production is one advantage of the functional structure, although less effective for making improvements. More open communication Higher sense of involvement More effective integration Question 5 1 / 1 pts Which of the Alvesson et al. (2017) modes of organizing (Chapter 7) is defined as the ability to impose one's will on others and reduce or get away with opposition? Management Correct! Power For Alvesson et al. (2017), the combination of resources and coercion constitutes acts of power (pp 96-97). Autonomy
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