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mspears3

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The steepness of hierarchy in a bureaucratic organization refers to
 
  a. the number of functional units in the organization.
  b. the social distance between the lowest-ranked employee and the highest- ranked executive.
  c. the ratio of the number of top management to the number of first-line supervisors.
  d. the number of layers of supervision.
  e. the number of people supervised by a manager.

Question 2

Typical managerial careers are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
 
  a. intense training periods.
  b. frequent transfers.
  c. mentoring.
  d. advancement to the executive level.
  e. periodic threats of pruning.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b



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