Minzee has just been promoted to head assistant of Technology Innovations for the Department of Sociology.She now reports directly to the chairperson of the Technology Committee.Minzee is in charge of digitizing movie clips and sending them to the chairperson,who then loads the clips onto the department Web site.This chain of command is an example of:
A) capitalism
B) social structure
C) social patterns
D) bureaucracy
E) structuration

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This chain of command is an example of bureaucracy, where there is a clear hierarchy of authority and a set of rules and procedures that dictate how tasks are carried out. The chairperson is the ultimate decision-maker in this situation, and Minzee's role is to follow the established procedures for digitizing and submitting the movie clips.

Minzee Has Just Been Promoted to Head Assistant of Technology