Author Question: Which of the following statements about the functioning of primary groups in formal organizations is ... (Read 59 times)

dbose · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Which of the following statements about the functioning of primary groups in formal organizations is CORRECT?

a. A well-planned bureaucracy can eliminate all primary groups.
b. Even in the most rigid of bureaucratic structures, the emergence of primary groups is inevitable.
c. Once primary groups emerge, they inevitably work against the goals of the organization.
d. Primary groups make the efficient functioning of formal organizations impossible.

Question 2

When a person is appointed to a job as a favor to someone else in the organization, this is known as:

a. patronage
b. cronyism
c. mobility
d. bureaucracy