SOCY100 Chapter 8 – Flashcards
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Organization
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A group engaged in a specific activity that has an identifiable purpose or goal and that has an enduring form of association that is independent of the people involved in it at any one moment.
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Bureaucracy
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Organization where rules are written down and defined roles are clear.
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What advantages does a bureaucracy bring? Disadvantages?
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Advantages: Provides strength and stability Disadvantages: Creates stifling routines and boring jobs. Makes it hard for organizations to be more innovative and adapt to market changes.
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3 Types Of Isomorphism
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Coercive: organizations are pressured to comply with certain legal requirements Normative: organizations respond to pressures exerted over its legitmacy Mimetic: facing uncertainties, organizations look at what other organizations are doing and copy them.
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Deskilling of the labor process
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Steady process in which jobs are made simpler and workers become interchangeable.
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Features of Good Jobs
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Autonomy (freedom) Status Trust Level of skill and importance of credentials needed. Job security
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