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15 Cards in this Set
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Social Network
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A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and through them indirectly to more people
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Social institutions
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Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs, such as replacing personnel and preserving order
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Mechanical solidarity
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All individuals perform the same tasks
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Organic Solidarity
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Collective consciousness resting on the need a society's members have for one another
Division of labor |
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Ferdinand Tönnies
(1955-1936) |
-Gemeinschaft:community is typical of rural life, small, people have similar backgrounds and life experiences, interactions familiar, little privacy
-Gesellschaft: ideal type characteristic of modern urban life, most strangers, relationships governed by social roles, self interest dominates, social control=laws |
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Sociocultural Evolution
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Process of change and development in human societies that results from cumulative growth in their stores of cultural information
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Preindustrial societies
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-Hunting and gathering: rely on whatever foods are available, little divion of labor, small dispersed groups
-Horticultural: plant seeds and crops, tools and household objects, less nomadic -Agrarian: engaged primarily in production of food, technology=plow |
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Industrial Society
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A society that depends on mechanization to produce its goods and servies
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Postindustrial Societies
(Daniel Bell) |
technologically advanced, economic systems engaged in the processing and control of information
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Postmodern Society
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technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images
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Classical Theory
Scientific Management Approach |
Workers are motivated almost entirely by economic rewards
-only physical restraints limit productivity |
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Human Relations Approach
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Emphasizes the roles of people, communication, and participation within a bureaucracy
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Collective Decision making
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Active involvement of employee problem-solving groups in corporate management
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Minimal Hierarchy
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-Flatter organizational structure
-offers workers grater access to those in authority -give opportunity to voice concerns |
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Work teams
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Project teams= address ongoing issues
Task Forces= pursue nonrecurring issues |
