Bureaucracy encompasses all the given definitions: it refers to a system of administration characterized by strict procedures and divisions (B), it is a term sometimes used negatively to describe slow and cumbersome processes (A), and it specifically refers to the organizational structures that administer government affairs (C).

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Bureaucracy Means

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Bureaucracy means

A) a term of derision used for any complicated, cumbersome process characterized by paperwork, unresponsiveness, and slow results.
B) a system of organization in which tasks are divided among bureaus, each of which follows particular procedures to evenhandedly administer rules.
C) the organization that administers government through rules and procedures .
D) all of the above.

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