Groups and Organizations

A. division of labor
B. impersonality
C. employment based on technical qualifications
D. written rules and regulations

A. less time to speak
B. more points of view to absorb
C. a more elaborate structure within which to function
D. all of the above

A. normative function by enforcing standards of conduct and belief
B. comparison function by serving as a standard against which people can measure themselves and other
C. elimination function by dissolving groups that no longer have a social purpose
D. both a and b

A. primary
B. secondary
C. out-groups
D. formal organizations

A. a clear-cut hierarchy of authority
B. co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate
C. fixed salaries associated with each role
D. written rules governing conduct

A. merging of work and private lives
B. job security
C. group-oriented production
D. all of the above

A. regimes that use repression against their population
B. the exclusion of women from the highest levels of politics
C. the tendency for power inevitably to flow towards top
D. the legal system of the former communist countries

A. Michel Foucault
B. Paul Gay
C. Zygmunt Bauman
D. Robert Michels

A. the rules could be upheld at all cost even in the face of a better solution
B. people know they should be guaranteed fair and consistent treatment
C. adherence to the rules takes precedence over organizational goals
D. workers are not encouraged to be flexible in making decisions

A. the chaos of informal organizations
B. the compulsion to work in offices
C. the developing power of officials
D. politicians abuse of power and influence