What characteristics do bureaucracies share? Select all that apply

Formal rules

Generalized jobs

Clearly defined goals

Chain of command

Elected staff

I think the correct answers from the choices listed above are options 1, 2 and 3. Everything within a bureaucracy - responsibilities, jobs, and assignments - exists to achieve some goal. Bureaucracies are found at the federal, state, county, and municipal levels of government, and even large private corporations may be bureaucratically organized.