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    George Ritzer‚ bureaucracy completely dehumanized the social institutions in America. He sees the bureaucracy as having four components: efficiency‚ predictability‚ control and quantification. He terms this dehumanization of an institution as "McDonaldization". One of the most prevalent examples in modern society is the health care institution. In the past‚ health care was more simplistic in nature. House calls were not unheard of‚ and doctors knew all of their patients and their families on a personal

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    The Effects of McDonaldization on Education Sociology 204 McDonaldization is the term created by George Ritzer to describe the homogenous sociological event that is happening within our society. It is the process in which a task is broken down into several simpler; the subsequent tasks are then rationalized to find the single most proficient method for completing each task‚ or rationalization. Within these tasks‚ five dimensions are used to explain the process: efficiency‚ calculability‚ substitutions

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    In the article “McDonaldization of Society” the author‚ George Ritzer‚ discusses Rationalization which is a concept which was coined by the German sociologist Max Webber in the 19th century. Rationalization has 5 distinct dimensions which are efficiency‚ control‚ dehumanization‚ quantity over quality‚ and predictability. Moreover‚ Ritzer claims that society has become so focused on being efficient which means finding the easiest and fastest way to achieve a goal‚ an example of that dimension provided

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    change the ideology of bureaucracy around the globe? Well‚ the four key elements that have contributed to McDonald’s critical global success have certainly manifested itself into the American culture. These four foundations make up what is called‚ McDonaldization‚ which essentially the process of McDonald’s increasing influence over sectors of American society and the world. It is most obvious looking through the spectacles of fast-food restaurants‚ apparel industry‚ or even sole-proprietors. My sister

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    McDonaldization of Health Care Health care is something that affects every person in this country‚ and the rising cost is making it nearly impossible for people to afford. In The McDonaldization of Society‚ George Ritzer shows how the health care industry is changing and how the phenomenon of McDonaldization is effecting how we receive health care. Healthcare has become more efficient‚ calculable‚ predictable‚ and controlling. In the following sections‚ I will explore further these aspects of

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    Rosario MGMT110 Assessment 3 McDonaldization of Olympic’s case I’m going to analyse this case because I want to understand how this process of McDonaldization is affecting the Olympic games in his traditions and who’s deciding what happens on the competitions in considerations of scheduling times and events broadcasting. Why is it so important for NBC to put the events in prime time for the United States ? And how can the will of “one big company” decide over many others

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    writing about the life experiences in adults‚ and other people throughout the world in the ways in which he viewed them. His book‚ “The McDonaldization of Society”‚ was the our first look on the ways in which he saw the world‚ and the ways that we function as a whole. One particular topic became what he now focuses his attention on. McDonaldization. McDonaldization is a term Mr. Ritzer used to describe the research he studied when discovering the ways in which fast food restaurants function. He broke

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    The McDonaldization of: If you have ever had a meal in a restaurant (fast-food/formal dining)‚ used an ATM in a bank‚ spent your vacation at an amusement park or simply browsed through a mall‚ you have been exposed to McDonaldization. McDonaldization is "the process by which the principles of the fast food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of America society as well as the rest of the world" (Ritzer‚ 1996‚ 1). Nearly ever aspect of today’s society has been affected

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    discussion points in Ritzer’s The McDonaldization of Society. These are points that have both pros and cons in regards to “irrationality of rationality” as evidenced in both the health care system and the health care debate in the United States. The “irrationality of rationality” can be described as the downside to something that is seemingly perfect‚ or seemingly rational. We must look at McDonaldization as both enabling and constraining (Giddens). The healthcare issue in the United States currently

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    ation McDonaldization is a search for maximum efficiency in increasingly numerous and diverse social settings. In a McDonaldized society‚ people rarely search for the best means to an end on their own. They rely on the optimum means that have been previously discovered and institutionalized in a variety of social settings. It would be inefficient if people always had to discover for themselves the most efficient way to do something. McDonaldization is almost always used in the corporate world as

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