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Which numbered pair of phrases best completes the table as it relates to the U.S. federal bureaucracy?

A. (1) Allow for greater independence from the president; (2) Expand bureaucratic authority
B. (1) Create a clear chain of command; (2) Limit independence of lower-level workers
C. (1) Promote employee efficiency; (2) Can be rigid and difficult to adapt to new situations
D. (1) Connect bureaucrats more directly to voters; (2) Place limits on congressional power

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The correct option is "C. (1) Promote employee efficiency; (2) Can be rigid and difficult to adapt to new situations"

The bureaucracy is the organization or structure that is characterized by centralized and decentralized procedures, division of responsibilities, specialization of work, hierarchy and impersonal relationships. The term is used in sociology, in administrative science and, especially, in public administration. It could be defined as a set of techniques or methodologies willing to learn or rationalize the external reality (to which the central power aims to control) in order to know it and call it in a standardized or uniform way A clear example of this characteristic of bureaucracies, particularly of the government, it is the hiring and assignment or removal of personnel, that is, officials, according to explicit criteria and relevant to the performance of functions.

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