Assignment 2 Question 1 The first key concept I chose is society‚ which is described as people who interact in a defined space and shared culture. This definition of society states clearly which variables are used to define and judge something as a society which make up part of the social world. The second key concept that I chose is sociocultural evolution‚ which is the process of change that results from a society’s gaining new information. This term showed me the importance of social change
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Arlie Russell Hochschild is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California‚ Berkeley. Hochschild’s interests of research are in the impact of contemporary capitalism on everyday life. In the essay she wrote‚ “From the Frying Pan into the Fire”‚ Hochschild argues the growing emphasis on efficiency is affecting our lives. We have allowed the idea of workplace efficiency to infiltrate within the home life‚ in significant and negative ways. Hochschild’s study of the influence of efficiency
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pre-existing factors within Belgium played a role in the crisis. Coca Cola’s Organizational Culture According to George Ritzer‚ author of the controversial book The McDonaldization of Society‚ Coca Cola’s organizational culture is characterized by formal rationality: an emphasis is placed on efficiency‚ predictability‚ calculability‚ and control. Coca Cola produces a product that is predictable (a Coke produced in Congo tastes similar to a Coke in Iceland) and efficiently produced. In the addition
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02-45282-kivisto.qxd 6/30/2007 10:58 AM Page 41 CHAPTER 2 The Weberian Theory of Rationalization and the McDonaldization of Contemporary Society George Ritzer George Ritzer is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland. His major areas of interest are sociological theory‚ globalization‚ and the sociology of consumption. He has served as chair of the American Sociological Association’s sections on theory (1989–1990) and organizations and occupations (1980–1981). He has
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Chapter 1: Introduction to McDonaldization What is McDonaldization? McDonaldization: The process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of the rest of the world What do we mean by the spatial‚ temporal‚ and vertical expansion of McDonaldization? Spatial expansion: franchises are growing rapidly; international success; other nations have developed their own variants on the McDonald’s chain McDonald’s long
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Drawing on Weber’s ideal type‚ critically consider the relevance of bureaucratic administration to the management of twenty-first century organizations. Max Weber was a German sociologist in the twentieth century; he was famous for his classical management theory. Weber classified three different types of authority‚ traditional‚ charismatic and legitimate authority. Traditional authority is based on traditions and customs that the leader has the legitimate right to use authority. Charismatic authority
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George Ritzier‚ a sociologist and professor at University of Maryland is credited with creation of the concept of McDonaldization (Foody‚ class lecture‚ 9/25). In his book‚ McDonaldization of Society‚ Ritzer defines the term as the process of “the principles of the fast-food restaurant coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of the rest of the world” (Ritzer 1). Knight
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What is Globalization? Has Globalization really become the cliché of the century? Globalization perceives the world as a way of interconnectivity through similar aspects of life that interest us as humans. Globalization begins from culture to economics and all the way to environmental situations creating a global shift‚ thus being the cliché of our time. Globalization moulds the world to create a connection through social relations all over the world. Globalization includes transactions between
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Orwell incorporates the ideas of McDonaldization‚ where our society possess the qualities of a fast food restaurant. There are four primary components of McDonaldization; efficiency‚ calculability‚ predictability‚ and control. Efficiency is choosing the optimal method for completing a task. For our government‚ this would be a way to get a bill passed the fastest or finding a way to keep the people from doing a thing they feel is out of the question. Calculability is the idea that having a large amount
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1. Rationalization refers to the replacement of traditions‚ values and emotions as motivators for behaviour in society with rational‚ calculated ones. Further Explanation: • In its primary sense‚ rationality is a normative concept that philosophers have generally tried to characterize in such a way that‚ for any action‚ belief‚ or desire‚ if it is rational we ought to choose it. 2. Tradition and Rationality Exp: Weber focused on ways people think about their world. Members of preindustrial
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