SOC208H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: California Electricity Crisis, Dominate, Crash Test
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A group of people with the same goal: often hierarchy. Social structures created by individuals to support the collaborative pursuit of specified goals: brings resources together to achieve desire outcome, often would produce goods + services. Interested in efficiency: facilitate renovation, adapt to external environment, changes overtime, often create values for owners + customers, often use technologies, in some way. Types: corporate organizations, non-governmental organizations(ngo, governmental organizations. Dominant characteristic of modern society (types of orgs?) Preservation of culture: museums, art galleries, libraries, university. Persist over time than other social structures. Effectiveness? (cid:894)does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) the(cid:455) are (cid:373)ore effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e(cid:895) Repetition & formalization: expected to do the same thing over n over again, formalization: hierarchy, authority, rules. Adaptability: specialized machinery: building cars, eg) be(cid:272)ause orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ted to (cid:271)e relia(cid:271)le, does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) adapta(cid:271)le: (cid:449)he(cid:374) buy car oversea that is cheaper, but leads to problems within auto industry in north.
