SOCI201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fast Fashion, Mcdonaldization, Rationality

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: Perez

Document Summary

Exam 3 study guide: bureaucracy and the organizational model for an optimum means to an end. Epitome of weber"s optimum means to an end basic humanity is denied: standardization and uniformity. Fast fashion starts with the values that make mass production and mass consumption of food possible. Organizational model is important; all share a model that is an optimum means to an end: max weber; karl marx, max weber: growth of the bureaucracy, observed changes in society, division of labor -> assembly line. Main concern was understanding the processes of rationalization, secularization and disenchantment that he associated with the rise of capitalism. Rationality: a deliberate intentional pursuit of an optimum means to an end through the division of labor: karl marx: critiqued labor in industrial capitalism that underlies rationality. Efficiency: optimum method for getting from one point to another. Calculability: emphasis on the quantitative aspects of products sold and services offered.