Exam 14: Work and Economic Life

Capitalism is a way of organizing economic life that is characterized by:

A process of production that is monitored and controlled by machines with only minimal human supervision is called:

According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the number of occupations the U.S. economy has is:

In many industries, automation has created a two-tiered workforce made up of a small group of highly paid professionals and a large group of lower-skill workers with little if any autonomy in their work. In more recent years, automation has had this effect by way of:

The best explanation for the decline in membership in labor unions in the United States is the:

If you were to visit a home improvement store or hardware store, you are likely to see several people (usually men) in the parking lot offering to help with home improvement labor. This is an example of the informal economy because:

List three central features of global capitalism.

According to the text, the percentage of workers in the United States in 2016 who were members of a labor union was:

Modern societies have thousands of occupations and therefore a great deal of:

Allison is trained as a social worker but has recently gotten a law degree and is looking for work in this new field. She has been unable to find work in the legal profession and has decided to work part time as a social worker for the county until she finds a job working as an attorney. Which of the following best describes Allison?

Transactions outside the sphere of regular employment, sometimes involving the exchange of cash for services but often involving direct exchange of goods or services, are said to make up the:

A characteristic of post-Fordism is having:

Define work from a sociological perspective.

The stage of corporate capitalism based on the practice of corporations owning shares in other firms with interlocking directorates is referred to as:

List two central tenets of Frederick Winslow Taylor's "scientific management."

Although some large corporations are still strongly centralized bureaucracies based in the United States, most today are:

Your textbook identifies five different types of capitalism. Which form of capitalism is most dominant today?

Provide three reasons why labor unions have become increasingly obsolete in the twenty-first century.

What is the stage of capitalism that is dominated by large corporations that are largely stateless, loyal to no country regardless of where they might be headquartered?

Consider a scenario in which a skilled furniture-maker has developed her craft and has a particular process for making chairs, sofas, and other furniture. She begins to work for a furniture manufacturing company that has researched and developed its own steps for producing furniture and prohibits their employees from using alternative steps. This change in production would be an example of Taylorism because: