Alot of times, when things land at my desk—it's a choice between bad and worse. and as somebody pointed out to me—the only things that land on my desk are tough decisions. because, if they were easy decisions, somebody down the food chain's already made them. —president barack obama, 2009 which principle of bureaucracy does the quotation demonstrate?

The quotation demonstrate the principle of bureaucracy know as hierarchical authority.

Explanation:

Hierarchical authority is about power structure which means the higher the level of someone in a hierarchy more makings decision power they have. For example, when Obama says he’s often has to choice between bad and worse, because only things that land on his desk are tough decisions, that makes sense because he was the President, this the most powerful person of the hierarchy. That is why this in type of structure, the person with the higher authority has to make the biggest and harder decisions making.

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