The model bureaucracy is best described as

a. a purposive machine with interchangeable human parts designed to facilitate collective action while enabling principals to control agents.
b. a hierarchical structure in which commands flow upward and information flows downward.
c. an abdication of responsibility through delegation.
d. an economic market.

a. a purposive machine with interchangeable human parts designed to facilitate collective action while enabling principals to control agents.

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