Exam 7: Groups and Organizations

Internet sites such as Facebook.com help people create vast social networks.

People riding together on a subway are correctly called a social group.

The basic idea behind scientific management is that:

Rosabeth Moss Kanter's research shows that clear rules, firmly and uniformly applied, increase a business's profitability.

In the "iron law of oligarchy," Robert Michels stated:

What is the correct sociological term for all people with a common status, such as "college students."

What do sociologists call two or more people who identify and interact with one another?

What type of leader downplays their own power, letting the group function more or less on its own?

In principle, bureaucratic organizations pay little attention to:

Which of the following statements is consistent with the findings of Solomon Asch?

The chapter-opening story of the McDonald's organization explains:

Typically, the people with the largest social networks are young, well educated, and live in big cities.

What is Robert Merton's term for a preoccupation with rules and regulations to the point of keeping an organization from accomplishing its goals?

What are the important differences between primary and secondary groups?

The sociologist who explored the primary group was Charles Horton Cooley.

Assume you are a parent of a child in school. From your point of view, what type of organization is a school's Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)?

Read the four statements below. Which of them is NOT evidence of the process called the "McDonaldization of society?"

Formal organizations are designed to meet the personal needs of participants.

Why do many analysts claim that the spread of formal organizations threatens personal privacy? What do you think can be done about the erosion of personal privacy?

Which of the following is every society's most important primary group?