SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Ideal Type, Ritualism In The Church Of England, Groupthink
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Organization: group with an identifiable membership that engages in concerted collective actions to achieve a common purpose. Formal organization: rationally designed to achieve particular objectives by means of explicit rules, regulations, and procedures. A large secondary group, highly organized to accomplish a complete task or tasks and to achieve goals efficiently. People conform to expected patterns of behavior. A type of formal organization characterized by an authority hierarchy, a clear division of labor, explicit rules, and impersonality. Weber: characteristics of bureaucracy ideal type. Informal structures ignore, change, or bypass formal structure and rules. Subcultures develop when people try to humanize an impersonal organization. Risky shift groups weigh risk differently than individuals usually leading to greater risk-taking. Groupthink tendency for group members to reach a consensus opinion, even if that decision is wrong. Ritualism rigid obedience to rules can produce a unquestioning following of them. Alienation feeling of powerlessness and separation from one"s group or society.
