Exam 5: Groups, networks, and Organizations

At Digi-Corp,each employee receives an employee manual outlining the rules on how employees and managers should work together and interact.These rules are referred to as the __________ between employee and manager.

The McDonaldization of society refers to:

People milling around in crowds,waiting for a bus,or strolling on a beach make up a:

At the University of California,the Alpha Gamma Gamma fraternity always made fun of its rival fraternity,Alpha Sigma Sigma,during rush week when the brothers were recruiting new members.This increased the bonding and sense of loyalty among the members of Alpha Gamma Gamma,and therefore we could consider these members of:

Every Friday,Google,Inc.,encourages all of its employees to attend a speaker series in which authors,athletes,and other famous and inspiring people speak.This weekly corporate event is an example of a management trend known as:

How do the studies conducted by Solomon Asch,Stanley Milgram,and Irving Janis help us understand conformity? Pick one of these studies and explain how you think you would have responded as a subject in the study.

Which of the following is an example of a primary group?

What are the benefits of social networks? Explain how social networks facilitate the reproduction of existing inequalities for women,lower socioeconomic classes,and minorities.Give an example.

At the Symantec Corporation,the CEO,the president,and the vice president made a majority of the decisions,with little decision-making power given to upper-level managers or other employers.This type of concentration of power among a few people in an organization is called:

Groupthink takes place when:

When a group of people share common characteristics,such as gender or ethnicity,the group is labeled a:

Which of the following is an advantage of telecommuting?

The imbalance of gender roles in organizations demonstrates that modern organizations have:

Which of the following would be considered a social category?

Which of the following would be an example of why a person would want to be part of a secondary group?

According to the textbook,the use of information and communications technology in corporations has reduced the rigid hierarchical structure of corporations,but at the same time it has created:

People in modern societies depend on organizations to:

According to George Ritzer,what is the McDonaldization of society? Explain the four guiding principles of McDonaldization,using the example of one of the following: your college or university,the health-care system,or the movie industry.

A large grouping of people that engages in concerted collective actions to achieve specific objectives is called:

According to Robert Putnam,television is the main cause of: