Work

Question 1

alienation

Answer 1

The separation of the worker from the product of his labors as well as from the process of work fellow workers and even the basic traits of humanity

Question 2

beureaucracy

Answer 2

A special type of complex organization characterized by an explicit set of rules and the hierarchy of authority

Question 3

detailed division of labour

Answer 3

The division of one complete complex task into it subtasks. These tests are then given to different people who can be more easily trained and often paid less in wages or salaries

Question 4

fordism

Answer 4

. Efficiency, individual units of production, Mass production

Question 5

formal organizations

Answer 5

Etzioni

1. utilitarian - pays people for efforts to gain material reward (any job)
2. normative - pursue some goal they think is morally worth while (volunteer)
3. coercive - forced to join to punish or treat (jail, rehab)

Question 6

globalization of production

Answer 6

The trend of companies looking worldwide for the most profitable place to set up production

Question 7

informal organization

Answer 7

The informal rules and groups of people that arise to meet the challenges of complexity today life

Question 8

instrumentalism

Answer 8

Working not for the enjoyment of the job, but for the money or material reward that then translate into life enjoyment

Question 9

iron law of oligarchy

Answer 9

The premise that evening democratic organizations, be a socialist or capitalist, will buy the many will inevitably become rollabout a few

Question 10

Mcdonaldization

Answer 10

. The process by which the principles of fast food restaurants are coming to dominate more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world

Question 11

occupational segregation

Answer 11

When people from different social categories hold different types of jobs

Question 12

rationalization

Answer 12

A condition in which there are formalized procedures give actors of measure of predictability and outcomes of their action

Question 13

resistance

Answer 13

Actions for slowing reversing avoiding or protesting management directions or strategies in the workplace

Question 14

sabotage

Answer 14

Activities aimed at destroying employers property or otherwise disrupting the flow of production

Question 15

scientific management

Answer 15

A system of management that seeks to transfer control of the work process from skilled workers to the owners and managers of production.

Question 16

social contract

Answer 16

The socially excepted understanding that if people work hard and produce more goods and services each year the economy will grow and thus growth financially benefits both the workers and management

Question 17

social division of labour

Answer 17

The division of jobs among people in order to ensure societal survival and prosperity

Question 18

unions

Answer 18

An association of people in a definable workplace or group of workplaces was role is to represent the collective group of workers in negotiations with the employer to get a contract

Question 19

work

Answer 19

Changing physical materials or mental constructs or ideas so as to make these materials or ideas more useful to the producer

Question 20

reserve army of labour

Answer 20

those who benefit most from unions are minority groups