Groups and Organizations

Question 1

deep bonds and long lasting, enduring relationships family, does not have to be warm and fuzzy

Answer 1

Primary Group

Question 2

short lasting and more superficial, transient relationships

Answer 2

Secondary Group: short lasting and more superficial, transient relationships

Question 3

similar in age status background, tend to be self selected

Answer 3

Peer groups

Question 4

someone identifies as a member of

Answer 4

Ingroup

Question 5

someone does not identify as a member of

Answer 5

Outgroup

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Reference Group

Question 7

True or False: Dyads are more stable than triads

Answer 7

False, triads are more stable

Question 8

What are the three major kinds of organizations?

Answer 8

Utilitarian, Normative, Coercive

Question 9

Organization we join to make money

Answer 9

Utilitarian

Question 10

Organization people join because of some shared ideal

Answer 10

Normative

Question 11

Organization we don’t have a choice in joining

Answer 11

Coercive

Question 12

Organization type that is well organized impersonal large administrative systems like government, hospitals, schools and courts

Answer 12

Bureaucracy

Question 13

What are the requirements for an ideal bureaucracy according to Weber

Answer 13

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

Question 14

group without bosses with group based consensus oriented decision making

Answer 14

Anarchist collective

Question 15

any organization that starts as a democracy will end up being controlled by a select few

Answer 15

Iron law of oligarchy

Question 16

organizational approach that focuses on efficiency, specialization, and use of technology

Answer 16

Mcdonaldization

Question 17

prison or mandatory military draft are examples of this organization

Answer 17

coercive

Question 18

government, hospitals, schools and courts are examples of this organization type

Answer 18

bureaucracy

Question 19

A physician loves to cook in his spare time and tends to compare his recipes and works with those of celebrity cooks. Who is this person’s reference group?

Answer 19

Celebrities/cooks NOT other physicians because he is not comparing his capabilities as a doctor, he is comparing his capabilities as a cook