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Define, distinguish and provide examples of; role
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The behavioral expectations asociated with a particular status, A students role would be to study
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Define, distinguish and provide examples of; status
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Position that you are occupying at a given time. teacher, employee, citizen
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Define, distinguish and provide examples of; master status
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A status that becomes the only thing poeple notice.
prsident or meth addict |
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distinguish between role and status.
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A role is the behavioral expectation connected to a certain status.
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Define and distinguish role stain
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when doing one role makes it hard to do another role like paranting (role)and diciplining(role)
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Define and distinguish role conflict
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a scheduling conflict of different roles you do.
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Define social institutions
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institutions provided to organize needs and events in life
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Total institutions
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An istitution designed to break down a persons identity and rebuild a new one.
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Describe the characteristis of a bureaucracy
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1) it is a hierarchical
2) Rules, regulations and important form of communication are formalized in writhing. 3)There is a clear division of labor. 4)technical competence is the determining factor in assigning people to specialized tasks. 5)It treats people with objectivity and impersonality |
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Describe how efficiency has impacted social life according to George Ritzer
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Due to all of the efficiency people are missing out on being able to socialize, form bonds, and friendships.
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What are some examples of how efficiency has impacted your own life.
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One of the biggest impact of efficiency is cell phones and email.. we have so many ways of communicating that there is nothing to say when people actually get together. I miss the one on one conversations
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Describe the caractreristics of bureaucracy outlined by max weber.
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They impact the nature of human interaction, they make people feel like a number and our humanity is not fully appreciated.
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List bureaucracies that you encounter in your day to day life.
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School,all stores, DMV, Medical ins company, utility company,
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How do you think that the bureaucratic organization of high school impacts the quality of education.
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It seems that Children just fall through the cracks of the school system, they are treated like a test score and not a human with individual needs.
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In what ways is the bureaucratic organization of MHCC a good thing?
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It is good because everyone is usually treated equall, and offered the same chance. It keeps the school dept organized so it is easy to know who to talk to about what
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In what ways is the bureaucratic organization of MHCC a bad thing
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There is little communication between depts.
It is like the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing |
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What is de industrialization
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this refers to the reduction fo manufacturing jobs in a society. Jobs are either exported to poor nations to reduce labor costs or replaced with technological innovation
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What is Globalization
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This refers to lowering of national boundries and the growth of multinational corporatins.
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Describe the importance of being productive according to max webber to the roots of Amercian capitalism
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Peope served GOD by working hard and not spending money, because of this they had extra money to help develope new enterprises which caused a tremendous growth in capitalism.
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Do you think that our culture values working hard and being productive.
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Yes, I think that both men and women work very hard and try to be as productive as they can There just are no as many high paying jobs.
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Describe capitalism
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It is people investing in private enterprises for profit.
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Explain how capitalism might influence social interaction
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Capitalism can corner all the wealth in a certain % of society and keep it there. This has made a huge gap between the rich and poor.
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Describe the film the corporation
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This film described how corporations are an entity unto themselves, their only mission is to make a profit at all costs.
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Describe your reaction to the movie
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I thought that it was incredible how coroporations disregard human suffering. how they diregard the planet and how they treat corporations like a person with no accountability
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How does the structure of the corporation influence the role of corporate managers and CEOs
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Because a corporation is made up of many different parts and has many different managers. The roles of managers is usually as such that they manage a small part and do not know what the other part is doing. Thay are held accountable for their area and are pushed to produce profit at all costs.
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