SOC 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 33: Scientific Management, Home Shopping, Salad Bar
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There are 4 basic dimensions that lie at the heart of the success of the mcdonald"s success: efficiency: it offers the optimum method for getting from one point to the other. The mcdonald"s system as from being hungry to getting full. Other institutions offer similar things such as losing weight or lubricating our cars. Efficiently satisfying people"s needs is attractive for society. Fast food model offers us an efficient method for satisfying people"s needs: food that can be easily quantified and calculated: we feel we are getting a lot of food for a good amount of money. We get the bigger foods and feel that we are getting a lot of food, but we don"t realize that our calculations are illusory and it is the owners who are getting the best deal. They conclude that it will take less time to eat in a fast food restaurant than prepare the food at home.
