"Assuming all the workers employed at the beanbag factory are of equal ability, what might the beanbag factory do to address the diminishing marginal returns it experiences after the hire of its third worker?"

The beanbag factory can fire or replace the third worker as he is not working to his full potential.

Explanation:

It is given all the workers in the factory that are employed are of the same level of ability.

It must also follow that working at their full potential they will be able to do the same amount of work as they were able to do previously.

The amount of work thus done by the three has diminished since the hiring of the third man which makes it evident that it is him who is causing the diminishing returns.

So it is only logical to remove the man from the workforce as he is not working to his potential or is influencing the other workers too to work less.

an informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.

an important point to remember about correlation is that while there is a _statistical_ relationship correlation does not equal _causation_

the first answer is: statistical

the second answer is: causation