Formal Organizations and Bureaucracies | Bureaucracies (continued) | The Anthropologist's Perspective | The Psychologist's Perspective | The Sociologist's Perspective |
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Workers.
A bureaucracy is only as efficient as its ______________________.
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Social scientists to study.
The varied features of bureaucracy have made it an intriguing topic for ________________________.
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Canada and United States.
Anthropologists see bureaucracies as a natural and necessary part of the culture of countries such as __________ and _____________________.
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Change.
Humans don't like _________?
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Sociologists focus on why people choose to group together in such an alienated and functional manner in which a bureaucracy is formed.
What do sociologists focus on?
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-Set to achieve organizational goals
-Based on division of work and area of work that focuses on achieving efficiency -Focuses more on the necessities for the job rather than the necessities for the individual. -Does not take the ideas and wants of th
Name 2 characteristics of a formal organization.
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To make a profit.
What is the goal of a utilitarian bureaucracy?
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Stratified.
With their large populations and complex economies, such as countries have what anthropologist’s call ______________ cultures.
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Organizational psychology.
Psychology concerned with bureaucracy is called _________ ___________?
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Believe that these functional manners, known as bureaucracies are created by the people (even though it is not in their best interests), so that complex goals can be achieved, which otherwise would be harder to accomplish.
What do sociologists believe?
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Bureaucracies:
-Rigid operational style -Clearly defined management structure impersonal Non-Bureaucracies: -Flexible working conditions -One or two levels of rank -Open, personal relationship.
What is one difference between a bureaucracy and a non-bureaucracy?
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To help others/make society a better place.
Why do people partake in normative bureaucracies?
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Stratified.
To an anthropologist, a bureaucracy is a _______ and organized set of formal statues.
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Fear of change.
Organizational psychologists work to find solutions for people's stress that is caused by what?
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Pros
-The Rules and Regulations ensure that Precautions are taken and mandatory and important things are kept in order. -The impersonal relationships help keep order and allow the worker to focus on the task at hand rather than distracted by the authori
Name one pro and one con of a bureaucracy.
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Efficiency.
One great advantage of a bureaucracy is its __________________________.
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Prisons and psychiatric hospitals.
Name two examples of coercive bureaucracies.
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Formal Organizations are structured groups that have a set of elaborate rules that must be coordinated so that goals can be completed efficiently and accordingly.
What are formal organizations?
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1. Areas of responsibility are fixed and official, and are enforced by rules.
2. There are multiple levels of authority; lower levels are supervised by higher ones. 3. Management is based on official documents called "files." 4. Managers are systematicall
Name one of Mark Weber's characteristics of bureaucracy.
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