Question

________ is a formal, rationally organized social structure with clearly defined patterns of activity in which, ideally, every series of actions is functionally related to the purposes of the organization.

Answer 1

Answer:

bureacracy

Explanation:

A bureaucracy is an institution with a specific purpose, that seeks maximum efficiency- a serves essential tasks for running and keeping an administration of things in the national and sub-national level:

The defined patterns of activity mean that a series of actions will be related to a higher end, that will operate on the principle of rational and organizative work.  Bureaucracies seek efficiency in carrying out tasks like : organizing general elections:

Bureaucracies are essential since it is an organized social structure that keeps them running day to day, providing services that are needed for a government and its citizens through the public administration.

The bureaucrats work through a set of procedures and rules that operate standard across the nation and make functions that maximize the human resources and capital in order to accomplish a specific goal: in this example to carry out the general election.