Chapter 5 and ?
(A) What is an organization?
(B) What is an formal organization?
Answer for (A): What is a group of identifiable membership that engages in concerted collective action to achieve a common purpose
Answer for (B) : What is a group that is rationally designed to achieve its objectives, often by means of explicit rules, regulation, and procedure
This is a stye of management that emphasises the company's workforce as vital to its economic competitiveness, if people are not dedicated to the workplace and its production then it will never be an emergent leader.
What is human resource management?
What is social stratification?
The existence of structured inequalities among groups in society in terms of their access to material or symbolic reward
If I am in a system where I am apart of a large group of people who share the same/similar economic position? Then what system am I in?
(B) What are the ways this system differs from others?
What is a class system?
What is: class systems are fluid; class positions are in some part achieved; class is economically based, class systems are large and impersonal
If I am a worker who often gets clowned for what job they do, what group am I in?
What is a Pariah Group?
Pariah groups are groups that suffers from negative status discrimination, they are looked down by most members of society.
What are invisible rule of conduct called?
What are norms?
This theory is only concern with the purpose of things in society and how the lead to organic solidarity?
What is Functionalism?
What are the 3 characteristics of social stratification?
What is : rankings apply to social categories of people who share common characteristics, such as gender or ethnicity;
people's life experience and opportunities depend heavily on how their social category is ranked;
ranks of different social categories tend to change very slowly.
If I have a rich dad who own 50 companies and I want to start my own life, then I would have great [??] to achieve what I want in life or get what I want out of life? Who create that concept?
What is Max Weber?
What is the difference between income vs wealth?
(B) What are the "ideal type" that Weber had for bureaucracy?
What is a type of organization marked by a clear hierarchy of authority and the existence of written rules of procedures and staffed by full-time salaried officials. What is a large scale organization?
Answer for (B):
What is: A clear cut hierarchy, to where task can be distributed; written rules that govern conduct at all levels; officials are full time and salaried; there is separation between task of officials within the organization and their lives outside; no members of the organization own the materials in which the operate
If I decided to take on an internship that will teach me on-the-job skills and connect me with the necessary people who could write me a letter of recommendation, what am I engaging?
Social capital is the social knowledge and connections that enable people to accomplish their goals and extend their influence
If I am a person owned by another person, what type of system am I in?
What is Slavery?
What are the characteristics of the: (a) upper class and (b) upper middle class
(A): What is a social class composing of the affluent members of society who have inherited wealth, own businesses or have large number stocks; household earnings are at least 207,400 (20% of all Americans) At the top of this class you have the superrich and at the bottom of this class income comes from salaried earnings (doctors, lawyers)?
(B): What is consist of highly educated professionals (doctor, lawyers, engineers) who own or manage small businesses or something along those lines. Income ranges from 126K-188K (19% of all Americans). Likely to be college educated with advanced degrees
If my mother was poor and did not own land and I, her child, end up to not own be successful but own a lot of land, what type of social mobility did I just do?
What is intergenerational mobility?
Intergenerational mobility is movement up or down a social stratification hierarchy from one generation to another
If I communicate only through my body, then what type of communication is this?
What is nonverbal communication?
If I get a girl/boyfriend from the chest club, this is an example of what?
What is a latent function?
If I am born and I get the status "Baddie" and I cannot change this for the rest of my life, what system am I in?
What is a Caste System?
What are the characteristics of: (a) lower middle class and (b) working class
(A), What is: consist of trained office workers, teachers, sales, police and skilled service people. This group is (40% of Americans), and most varies social class strata. Income is from 31k to 42k. Almost all have a HS diploma while some might have degrees.
(B) This is about 20% of American, include primarily blue and pink collared people. Income is from about 20k to 40k, and at least two household members work to make ends meet.
Even though I am making above the required income that qualifies as absolute poverty, but I am still struggle for existence and cannot meet the standards for living for MY society? what is this called
What is relative poverty?
Relative poverty is defined according to living standards of the majority in any given society
"It is not how you see me, or how I see me, but it is about how I think you see me?" What theory does this statement allude to?
What is Self-looking glass, Charles Cooley
You join a new job and they are fun! The often have lunches brought in from gourmet chefs, Casual clothes fridays and even offers a team bonding retreat for all employees ( all expenses paid) each year! One day as you are leaving, they tell you to stay back and you notice that most people are staying back and doing more work. You ask your new co-worker and she says that this is normal? What is this an example of
What is corporate culture?
Corporate culture is an organizational culture involving rituals, events, or traditions that are unique to a specific company
If I cannot marry someone who does not have the same rank/class as I? What is this called
What are the characteristics of the lower class?
what is roughly 29% of Americans; include part time to unemployed people, income is typically lower than 31k. Most likely to live in cities
I work a regular job but it still not enough to keep me above the poverty line? What is this section of people called?
What is the working poor?
The working poor are people who work but still cannot make above the line of poverty