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The author concludes that it is unlikely that bureaucracies will be simplified. As a premise to support this claim, the author says that bureaucracies are designed to resist change.

The referenced text acts as a premise to support the author’s main conclusion. It gives a reason that it is unlikely that bureaucracies will be simplified.

This answer accurately identifies the referenced text as a premise, and it correctly identifies what claim the premise is supporting, so this is the correct answer.

The referenced text is a premise, not a conclusion, so this answer is not correct.

The referenced text does not support the claim about the growing dissatisfaction with complex bureaucratic systems. Further, the argument does not claim that bureaucracies are becoming more complex; it says that dissatisfaction with the complexity is growing.

The argument does not claim that bureaucracies should be simplified; it only says that they are unlikely to be simplified even though there is growing dissatisfaction with their complexity. Further, the referenced text is used to support the conclusion, not to weaken a claim.

The referenced text is a premise, not the conclusion, so this is not the answer.

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