Read the following passage and answer the question. Most employees decide their own working hours, set production quotas, improve products and processes, are responsible for their own quality and…
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Read the following passage and answer the question.
Most employees decide their own working hours, set production quotas, improve products and processes, are responsible for their own quality and for approval of leadership appointments. Every one votes on major corporate decisions and on how to split the profits.
As confidence in its novel approach has grown, Semco has happily abolished a lot more of the conventions by which businesses are usually run. No secretaries, receptionists or personal assistants. Reserved parking spaces and dining rooms, dress codes and almost all rules have gone, including those for travel and expenses.
Most employees decide their own working hours, set production quotas, improve products and processes, are responsible for their own quality and for approval of leadership appointments. Every one votes on major corporate decisions and on how to split the profits.
As confidence in its novel approach has grown, Semco has happily abolished a lot more of the conventions by which businesses are usually run. No secretaries, receptionists or personal assistants. Reserved parking spaces and dining rooms, dress codes and almost all rules have gone, including those for travel and expenses.
From the passage it is clear that the novel approach referred to is
- bureaucratic
- democratic
- aristocratic
- autocratic
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - democratic
Employees set their own hours, approve leadership appointments and vote on major corporate decisions and on how to split the profits: power is shared by all, so the approach is democratic. Bureaucratic, aristocratic and autocratic management keep decisions with officials, an elite or one person, the opposite of what the passage describes.
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