Exam 12: Work and Occupations

Which of the following was a basic principle of Taylorism?

According to labour-market segmentation theory,what do a person's chances of getting a good job depend on?

Sandra secures a government office job that is scheduled to expire in 12 months.She is categorized as an "unclassified" government employee,working full-time hours,yet receiving no benefits,no pension,and no job security compared to her "classified" coworkers.Which term best describes her employment situation?

Building on Weber's analysis of bureaucracies,George Ritzer argues that society is now undergoing McDonaldization-a new kind of rationalization process.Which of the following is NOT a component of McDonaldization?

The text addresses the McDonaldization of the education system and how it mimics some of the trends of the fast-food industry,albeit primarily from an educator's perspective.What aspects of your educational experience do you consider as being McDonaldized? What impact has it had on your learning experience? How might it affect your future endeavours outside academia? Discuss and explain,making connections to Ritzer's thesis (the four components-efficiency,calculability,predictability,and control)and providing examples.

Osama works in three different areas of the company.For some projects she is in the marketing department,and for others she is in the business development department.She also helps out with client relations when the other departments do not need her.What kind of flexibility does her movement between departments provide for the company?

A number of occupations in Canada have associations that license people working in the field,and only those in good standing with their associations may use the occupational title and perform work in that field.What term best describes the effect of these licensing practices?

What was life like for the average peasant under feudalism?

Which characteristic was defined by early studies of professions as being a hallmark of professionals?

According to the text,what has happened to labour under capitalism?

The bureaucratization of society has had an effect on the workplace.Discuss this effect with reference to the ideas of Weber and Ritzer.

A job that features high pay,ample holidays,and opportunities for advancement is regarded as being intrinsically rewarding.

According to the text,what does playing games and socializing with coworkers,while they should be working,accomplish?

Peninah is chatting with her friend Suzanne and when asked about her new job,Peninah launches into a dialogue about her high salary and the opportunity to work her way up the ladder.She also mentions the challenges of multiple projects and the freedom she has to set her own lunch hours and break times.What is Peninah describing?

Among professional,technical,and managerial workers in a Boston suburb,57 percent got jobs through personal contacts.How was the relationship with these contacts described?

Rafal has his own business and loves the independence.He is able to make his own decisions and build a client base he enjoys working with,and he loves the challenge of being his own boss.What aspect of his business does Rafal enjoy the most?

Which of the following can be technically classified as a professional occupation?

The hospital nurses were upset because they were not allowed to give advice to patients,but the doctors were often unavailable.The nurses had no recourse to protest,because the doctors held more power within the hospital administration.What type of job is this a disadvantage of?

What was an outcome of the human relations school of management?

Which management strategy are time-and-motion studies most directly associated with?