Question 1

What are the characteristics of a bureaucracy as identified by Max Weber?

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Weber's bureaucracy has separa...

Question 2

_____ means using rules, efficiency, and practical results to determine human affairs.

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A)   Traditional society
B)   Capitalism
C)   Rationality
D)   Innovation C

Question 3

The different units of a bureaucracy _____ communicate very well.

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A)   always
B)   do not always
C)   never try to
D)   have no mandate to

Question 4

Humanizing the work setting aims to

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A)   impede human potential.
B)   placate those advancing a contemporary corporate fad.
C)   develop rather than impede human potential.
D)   keep people from working at home. C

Question 5

The _____ of society refers to the process by which ordinary aspects of life are rationalized and efficiency comes to rule them.

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A)   goal displacement
B)   alienation
C)   bureaucratization
D)   McDonaldization

Question 6

Humanizing the workplace, from the _____ perspective, is a term used to camouflage what is really going on-the capitalists' goal of exploiting workers.

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A)   symbolic interactionist
B)   functionalist
C)   rationalist
D)   conflict

Question 7

One thing voluntary associations do is offer people a(n)

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A)   sense of alienation.
B)   identity.
C)   lot of work and no rewards.
D)   means to destroy the prevailing social order.

Question 8

_____ refer(s)  to stereotypical traits that make for high-performing and under-performing workers.

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A)   Self-fulfilling stereotypes
B)   Quality circles
C)   Hidden corporate culture
D)   The conflict perspective

Question 9

According to Max Weber, _____ produced rationality.

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A)   capitalism
B)   Catholicism
C)   Judaism
D)   Protestantism

Question 10

Voluntary associations such as Greenpeace and the Sea Shepherds

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A)   preserve the societal status quo.
B)   pave the way for social change.
C)   are primarily after publicity rather than change.
D)   do not challenge the established ways of doing things.

Question 11

_____ is a secondary group designed to achieve explicit objectives.

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A)   bureaucracy
B)   formal organization
C)   informal organization
D)   postmodern society

Question 12

According to Weber, in a bureaucracy assignments flow _____ and accountability flows _____.

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A)   upward; upward
B)   upward; downward
C)   downward; downward
D)   downward; upward D

Question 13

Bureaucracies have come to dominate our society because

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A)   they are incompetent.
B)   there is no other form of organization.
C)   they are so successful.
D)   they are the law of the land.

Question 14

Between the top of the bureaucratic structure of a university and a sociology professor on the bottom, how many layers are there? (Include the top and the bottom in the count.)

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A)   2
B)   3
C)   4
D)   7

Question 15

When society began to be rationalized, production of items became

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A)   nearly impossible, because there were so many rules.
B)   less rational (ironically) , because the new methods took longer.
C)   broken down into components, with individuals assigned only specific tasks.
D)   generalized, so one worker would stick with the same item from beginning to end.

Question 16

Workers feel alienation because they are

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A)   cut off from the finished product of their labor.
B)   spoiled.
C)   tired of using their own tools to make the finished product.
D)   overstimulated by their jobs.

Question 17

What are some of the dysfunctions of bureaucracies?

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The dysfunctions of bureaucrac...

Question 18

Briefly compare the relationships in production between traditional societies and nontraditional societies.

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Question 19

Where production is involved, relationships are _____-term in a traditional society and _____-term in a nontraditional society.

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A)   long; long
B)   long; short
C)   short; short
D)   short; long

Question 20

A characteristic of bureaucracies is that rules are

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A)   scarce.
B)   hard to find.
C)   written down.
D)   secret.

Exam 7: Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations

What are the characteristics of a bureaucracy as identified by Max Weber?

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_____ means using rules, efficiency, and practical results to determine human affairs.

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Humanizing the work setting aims to

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Humanizing the workplace, from the _____ perspective, is a term used to camouflage what is really going on-the capitalists' goal of exploiting workers.

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One thing voluntary associations do is offer people a(n)

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_____ refer(s) to stereotypical traits that make for high-performing and under-performing workers.

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According to Max Weber, _____ produced rationality.

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Voluntary associations such as Greenpeace and the Sea Shepherds

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_____ is a secondary group designed to achieve explicit objectives.

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According to Weber, in a bureaucracy assignments flow _____ and accountability flows _____.

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Bureaucracies have come to dominate our society because

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Between the top of the bureaucratic structure of a university and a sociology professor on the bottom, how many layers are there? (Include the top and the bottom in the count.)

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When society began to be rationalized, production of items became

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Workers feel alienation because they are

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What are some of the dysfunctions of bureaucracies?

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Briefly compare the relationships in production between traditional societies and nontraditional societies.

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