Chapter 9 Flashcards
True or false:
Most formal organizations are voluntary associations (ie. Political parties)
True
What is a similarity shared by formal organizations everywhere?
Each organization has a hierarchical structure. If the organization is international they have both international and national offices.
Briefly describe what a bureaucracy is.
Bureaucracies are many large formal organizations, an example is government departments, Tim Hortons, and churches.
Briefly explain non-bureaucracies
Non-bureaucracies are straightforward, workers can leave work and have someone cover for them easily since the tasks aren’t too specified.
What are 3 of the needs met through groups?
- improve the quality of members lives
- relieve the suffering of others
- achieve a specific social and economic goal
Briefly describe feminist organizations
Feminist organizations are groups that pursued goals of specific importance to women’s lives (ie. The girls friendly society)
Feminist groups fall under the group of…
Improving quality of life
Describe the type of group: empowerment
A group that empowers its members helps them gain control over their lives and affairs
Briefly describe self-government
A self-governing community that has the power to make its own laws in areas such as policing, taxation and fishing.
Describe good governance
Governance that is participatory, accountable, responsive, efficient and effective, transparent and that operates by the rule of law
Briefly explain improving social status
Instead of fighting for a better position in mainstream society, self-governing communities have fought to run their own society alongside the mainstream one.
Self-governing communities that fight to run their own society alongside the mainstream one are called…
Advocacy groups
Formal organizations are…
Structured groups with rules, these stipulate who can join and who does what.
List 3 examples of group memberships
- academic
- athletics
- family life
What is the main focus of the sociologists perspective on group memberships?
To focus on how groups helps form a persons identity.