Luigi is a sociology student who has read Max Weber's theories of organizations, and accordingly, Luigi pictures bureaucracies as:
A) machines operating according to rational rules
B) organisms responding to evolutionary pressures
C) social aggregates operating in response to strong leadership
D) two hands clasping each other out of affection

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Max Weber's theories of organizations describe bureaucracies as rational systems of rules and procedures, operated like a machine. Option B is incorrect because Weber does not apply evolutionary principles to organizations. Option C is incorrect because Weber emphasized the importance of impersonal rules over strong leadership. Option D is not a valid description of bureaucracy according to Weber's theory.

Luigi Is a Sociology Student Who Has Read Max Weber's