Question 1

_____ means using rules, efficiency, and practical results to determine human affairs.

Accepted Answer

A)  Traditional society 
B)  Capitalism 
C)  Rationality 
D)  Innovation 
A)  Traditional society 
B)  Capitalism 
C)  Rationality 
D)  Innovation C

Question 2

Humanizing the work setting aims to

Accepted Answer

A)  impede human potential. 
B)  placate those advancing a contemporary corporate fad. 
C)  develop rather than impede human potential. 
D)  keep people from working at home. 
A)  impede human potential. 
B)  placate those advancing a contemporary corporate fad. 
C)  develop rather than impede human potential. 
D)  keep people from working at home. C

Question 3

According to Weber, in a bureaucracy assignments flow _____ and accountability flows _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  upward; upward 
B)  upward; downward 
C)  downward; downward 
D)  downward; upward 
A)  upward; upward 
B)  upward; downward 
C)  downward; downward 
D)  downward; upward D

Question 4

Workers feel alienation because they are

Accepted Answer

A)  cut off from the finished product of their labor. 
B)  spoiled. 
C)  tired of using their own tools to make the finished product. 
D)  overstimulated by their jobs. 
A)  cut off from the finished product of their labor. 
B)  spoiled. 
C)  tired of using their own tools to make the finished product. 
D)  overstimulated by their jobs.

Question 5

The _____ of society refers to the process by which ordinary aspects of life are rationalized and efficiency comes to rule them.

Accepted Answer

A)  goal displacement 
B)  alienation 
C)  bureaucratization 
D)  McDonaldization 
A)  goal displacement 
B)  alienation 
C)  bureaucratization 
D)  McDonaldization

Question 6

A characteristic of bureaucracies is that rules are

Accepted Answer

A)  scarce. 
B)  hard to find. 
C)  written down. 
D)  secret. 
A)  scarce. 
B)  hard to find. 
C)  written down. 
D)  secret.

Question 7

Between the top of the bureaucratic structure of a university and a sociology professor on the bottom, how many layers are there? (Include the top and the bottom in the count.)

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  7 
A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  7

Question 8

One thing voluntary associations do is offer people a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  sense of alienation. 
B)  identity. 
C)  lot of work and no rewards. 
D)  means to destroy the prevailing social order. 
A)  sense of alienation. 
B)  identity. 
C)  lot of work and no rewards. 
D)  means to destroy the prevailing social order.

Question 9

Humanizing the workplace, from the _____ perspective, is a term used to camouflage what is really going on-the capitalists' goal of exploiting workers.

Accepted Answer

A)  symbolic interactionist 
B)  functionalist 
C)  rationalist 
D)  conflict 
A)  symbolic interactionist 
B)  functionalist 
C)  rationalist 
D)  conflict

Question 10

_____ is a secondary group designed to achieve explicit objectives.

Accepted Answer

A)  bureaucracy 
B)  formal organization 
C)  informal organization 
D)  postmodern society 
A)  bureaucracy 
B)  formal organization 
C)  informal organization 
D)  postmodern society

Question 11

_____ refer(s) to stereotypical traits that make for high-performing and under-performing workers.

Accepted Answer

A)  Self-fulfilling stereotypes 
B)  Quality circles 
C)  Hidden corporate culture 
D)  The conflict perspective 
A)  Self-fulfilling stereotypes 
B)  Quality circles 
C)  Hidden corporate culture 
D)  The conflict perspective

Question 12

Where production is involved, relationships are _____-term in a traditional society and _____-term in a nontraditional society.

Accepted Answer

A)  long; long 
B)  long; short 
C)  short; short 
D)  short; long 
A)  long; long 
B)  long; short 
C)  short; short 
D)  short; long

Question 13

The different units of a bureaucracy _____ communicate very well.

Accepted Answer

A)  always 
B)  do not always 
C)  never try to 
D)  have no mandate to 
A)  always 
B)  do not always 
C)  never try to 
D)  have no mandate to

Question 14

Voluntary associations such as Greenpeace and the Sea Shepherds

Accepted Answer

A)  preserve the societal status quo. 
B)  pave the way for social change. 
C)  are primarily after publicity rather than change. 
D)  do not challenge the established ways of doing things. 
A)  preserve the societal status quo. 
B)  pave the way for social change. 
C)  are primarily after publicity rather than change. 
D)  do not challenge the established ways of doing things.

Question 15

What are the characteristics of a bureaucracy as identified by Max Weber?

Accepted Answer

Weber's bureaucracy has separa

Question 16

What are some of the dysfunctions of bureaucracies?

Accepted Answer

The dysfunctions of bureaucrac

Question 17

According to Max Weber, _____ produced rationality.

Accepted Answer

A)  capitalism 
B)  Catholicism 
C)  Judaism 
D)  Protestantism 
A)  capitalism 
B)  Catholicism 
C)  Judaism 
D)  Protestantism

Question 18

Bureaucracies have come to dominate our society because

Accepted Answer

A)  they are incompetent. 
B)  there is no other form of organization. 
C)  they are so successful. 
D)  they are the law of the land. 
A)  they are incompetent. 
B)  there is no other form of organization. 
C)  they are so successful. 
D)  they are the law of the land.

Question 19

Briefly compare the relationships in production between traditional societies and nontraditional societies.

Accepted Answer

In traditional societies, relationships

Question 20

When society began to be rationalized, production of items became

Accepted Answer

A)  nearly impossible, because there were so many rules. 
B)  less rational (ironically), because the new methods took longer. 
C)  broken down into components, with individuals assigned only specific tasks. 
D)  generalized, so one worker would stick with the same item from beginning to end. 
A)  nearly impossible, because there were so many rules. 
B)  less rational (ironically), because the new methods took longer. 
C)  broken down into components, with individuals assigned only specific tasks. 
D)  generalized, so one worker would stick with the same item from beginning to end.

Exam 7: Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations

_____ means using rules, efficiency, and practical results to determine human affairs.

Humanizing the work setting aims to

According to Weber, in a bureaucracy assignments flow _____ and accountability flows _____.

Workers feel alienation because they are

The _____ of society refers to the process by which ordinary aspects of life are rationalized and efficiency comes to rule them.

A characteristic of bureaucracies is that rules are

Between the top of the bureaucratic structure of a university and a sociology professor on the bottom, how many layers are there? (Include the top and the bottom in the count.)

One thing voluntary associations do is offer people a(n)

Humanizing the workplace, from the _____ perspective, is a term used to camouflage what is really going on-the capitalists' goal of exploiting workers.

_____ is a secondary group designed to achieve explicit objectives.

_____ refer(s) to stereotypical traits that make for high-performing and under-performing workers.

Where production is involved, relationships are _____-term in a traditional society and _____-term in a nontraditional society.

The different units of a bureaucracy _____ communicate very well.

Voluntary associations such as Greenpeace and the Sea Shepherds

What are the characteristics of a bureaucracy as identified by Max Weber?

What are some of the dysfunctions of bureaucracies?

According to Max Weber, _____ produced rationality.

Bureaucracies have come to dominate our society because

Briefly compare the relationships in production between traditional societies and nontraditional societies.

When society began to be rationalized, production of items became

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