Which of the following best describes a central argument about bureaucracies made by Melville Dalton in his 1959 study Men Who Manage?
A) Managers often break the rules in order to achieve their objectives.
B) If given the opportunity, women would make better managers than men.
C) Promotions are usually based on merit.
D) Managers and workers rarely engage in dishonest activity.

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Melville Dalton argued that managers in bureaucracies often break the rules in order to achieve their objectives, even if doing so goes against the principles of the organization. This is one of the central arguments of his book Men Who Manage.

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