SOCI 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft, Economic System, Group Cohesiveness
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A formal organization built upon the principal of maximum efficiency. Each position is under the supervision of a higher authority. Norms dictate that officials perform their duties without giving personal consideration to people as individuals. Written personnel policies dictate who gets promoted. Abstract model of essential characteristics of phenomenon. Process by which a group, organization, or social movement increasingly relies on technical-rational decision making in the pursuit of efficiency. Process by which the principles of efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control shape organization and decision making in the us and around the world. Principle that all organizations, even democratic ones, tend to develop into a bureaucracy ruled by an elite few. Leaders have a vested interest to hold on to power. Actions that violate the core principles of bureaucracy can seep in (cid:862)washington insiders(cid:863) (cid:449)ho look out for their self-interests, rather than honoring the ideological commitments they made to get elected, are an example.
