SOCA02H3 Lecture : Chapter 6.docx
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A bureaucracy has permanent, salaried staff of qualified experts and written goals, rules, and procedures. Ideally, staff members always try to find ways of running the bureaucracy more efficiently. Social network; a bounded set of individuals who are linked by the exchange of material or emotional resources. The patterns of exchange determine the boundaries of the network. Members exchange resources more frequently with one another than with non-members. They also think of themselves as network members. Social networks may be formal but they are more often informal. People who use their social network to find jobs are more likely to succeed if they use acquaintances rather than close friends and family because acquaintances will provide a more diverse network. Dyad; a social relationship between two nodes or social units (people, firms, organizations countries) Increase of intimacy, no free riders, neither partner can deny responsibility, needs two to live but only one to die.
