______ is an organizational style characterized by formalized rules and regulation, specialized routine tasks, division of labor, and centralized authority.

A) Work specialization
B) Formalization
C) Span of control
D) Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy

An organizational system with strict rules, procedures, and hierarchy, intended to manage and regulate operations.

Formalized Rules

Explicitly stated regulations or guidelines designed to structure certain behaviors or operations within an organization.

Centralized Authority

A management structure where decision-making and direction come from a single point or very few points within the organization.