Bureaucratic organizations engage in _____ to avoid asking people to perform tasks requiring skills they do not have.

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Bureaucratic organizations use divisions of labor to allocate tasks to employees based on their skills and expertise. This helps avoid asking people to perform tasks requiring skills they do not have, and ensures that each task is completed efficiently and effectively. Centralized decision-making refers to a structure where all decisions are made by a central authority, which may not necessarily prevent the allocation of tasks to wrong employees. Spans of control refer to the number of employees who report to a manager, which is not directly related to the allocation of tasks. Negative entropy refers to the ability of a system to maintain itself and grow by taking in and utilizing energy from its environment, which is not directly related to this question.

Bureaucratic Organizations Engage in _____ to Avoid Asking People to Perform