Deck 7: C: Groups and Organizations

Question 1

In principle,bureaucratic organizations pay little attention to:

A)formal policies.
B)completing tasks efficiently.
C)tradition.
D)the technical competence of members.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In general,which of the following categories of people are "well connected" in terms of social networks?

A)young people
B)well-educated people
C)people living in cities
D)All of the above are correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Read the list of traits below.Which of these traits is NOT a characteristic of secondary groups?

A)large size
B)weak emotional ties
C)personal orientation
D)often short-term duration

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The sociologist who explored the primary group was Charles Horton Cooley.

Question 5

The scientific management approach was developed by:

A)Frederick Taylor.
B)Robert Merton
C)Robert Michels.
D)Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

Question 6

List the traits that Max Weber used to describe bureaucratic social organization.How do these traits promote organizational efficiency?

Question 7

Which of the following is every society's most important primary group?

A)the peer group
B)the work group
C)the family
D)the play group

Question 8

During the last fifty years,Japanese formal organizations have differed from those in the United States by being:

A)less efficient.
B)less profitable.
C)more collective in their orientation.
D)more hierarchical.

Question 9

Think about the process of McDonaldization.Looking at the list below,all but one of the traits is correctly linked to McDonaldization.Which is NOT a trait of McDonaldization?

A)efficiency
B)creativity
C)ability to calculate results
D)control through automation