Groups and Organizations Flashcards
deep bonds and long lasting, enduring relationships family, does not have to be warm and fuzzy
Primary Group
short lasting and more superficial, transient relationships
Secondary Group: short lasting and more superficial, transient relationships
similar in age status background, tend to be self selected
Peer groups
someone identifies as a member of
Ingroup
someone does not identify as a member of
Outgroup
groups that we compare ourselves to, you can use a reference group and not be a part of it, reference group requires someone to evaluate themselves on it
Reference Group
True or False: Dyads are more stable than triads
False, triads are more stable
What are the three major kinds of organizations?
Utilitarian, Normative, Coercive
Organization we join to make money
Utilitarian
Organization people join because of some shared ideal
Normative
Organization we don’t have a choice in joining
Coercive
Organization type that is well organized impersonal large administrative systems like government, hospitals, schools and courts
Bureaucracy
What are the requirements for an ideal bureaucracy according to Weber
Max Weber- ideal bureaucracy:
- hierchal structure
- weel defined roles, responsibilities, and chain of command
- organized by specialization
- run impersonally
- recruitment and employment are grounded in technical merit based qualifications
- predictable career paths
- political neutrality
group without bosses with group based consensus oriented decision making
Anarchist collective
any organization that starts as a democracy will end up being controlled by a select few
Iron law of oligarchy
