Is Rationalisation a desirable strategy for managing and organising Junction hotel in the current economic climate? With the economy being in a double dip recession (and it the deepest and longest recession for generations) there is a major lack of demand for goods and services in the economy. Vice Chancellor‚ George Osbourne delivered the Autumn Statement 2012 yesterday (Wednesday the 5th December) and stated to expect slower growth [1]. Taking these factors into account‚ the future for Junction
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for the long –term success of the hotel: personality and motivation 3000 words This essay will be discussing the affects that Junction Hotel would sustain if they were to implement rationalisation as a strategy. Julien Freund (1968) defines rationalisation as "the organization of life through a division and coordination of activities on the basis of exact study of men ’s relations with each other‚ with their tools and their environment‚ for the purpose of achieving
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as societies became industrialised‚ rational and scientific ideas would destroy traditional and irrational sources of authority and belief such as religion. Our way of interpreting the world became in Weber’s terms less enchanted and sacred. Rationalisation as an ideal type and as an historical force appears in much of Weber’s writings. He regards the development of rational forms to be one of the most important characteristics of the development of Western society and capitalism. Weber particularly
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Junction Hotel is currently facing problems within the business and is struggling to keep its identity of a ‘quality hotel’. The problems have arisen from a mix of poor leadership and co-operation of staff within the business and also the external influences of businesses which has led them to compromise on quality of service for profit. This calls for a necessary change in policies which they possess accompanied by a more modern‚ cosmopolitan and global approach. Organizational behavior
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One of Weber’s main intellectual concerns was understanding the process of rationalisation and disenchantment that he associated with the rise of capitalism. Although Weber wanted to understand rationalisation he was extremely ambivalent towards it‚ he argued that it had many advantages such as freeing humans from traditional restrictive and illogical guidance although he also criticises it and argues that rationalisation dehumanises individuals‚ and identifies it as ‘cogs in the machine’ (Macionis
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Classical Social Theory essay. Rationalisation (Weber) The concept of Rationality is defined as the ‘Preoccupation with calculating the most efficient means to achieve one’s goals’ (Bilton et al‚ 2002. Pg31) rather than ‘motivations derived from custom‚ tradition or emotion’ (Encyclopaedia‚ 2003). Rationalisation involves concepts such as logic‚ calculation and efficiency‚- fundamental aspects of Modernity as proposed by Max Weber. Weber believed that modernity
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statement to be fully understood and why if at all such a practice is inevitable’ and indeed irreversible’ within a service industry context. The underlying belief that scientific management‚ or rationalisation= ‚ is able to provide the basis for separating management from the execution of work. The rationalisation of work has the effect of transferring functions of planning‚ allocation and co-ordination to managers‚ whilst reinforcing the managerial monopoly of decision-making‚ motivation and control’
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organisations. By David Martin – N0385354 Word Count: 2651 The notion of a bureaucracy was first explored by the German scholar Max Weber‚ whose work in the areas of politics and sociology led him to great conclusions‚ such as his theory of rationalisation and its ever increasing nature of this in Western culture‚ as well as his notion of authority and the famous ‘Iron Cage’ metaphor. As time has passed‚ these concepts have been delved into to a much more detailed level‚ leading to results such
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Assessment 2 Case Study SOC 10007 Understanding the modern world Globalisation and Rationalisation Introduction The era of modernity‚ began and flourished in the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. In every language‚ the meaning of ‘modern’ would mean up to date or contemporary. In sociology‚ it was referred to as the ‘Great transformation’‚ a term which reflects the enormous magnitude of change that took place (Polanyi‚ 1973). The main features of modernity were growth
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In his paper‚ ’The Secret Joke of Kant’s Soul’‚ Greene argues that deontological moral theory is a post hoc rationalisation. That is‚ although deontological philosophy claims to base its judgements in reason‚ deontological judgements are instead typically emotionally driven judgements which are then rationalised after the fact. In this analysis I will briefly explain Greene’s argument‚ which is grounded in evolutionary theory‚ particularly evolutionary psychology‚ and backed up by empirical studies
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