Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by whitelisting our website.

Groups and Organizations

The president of the United States need not be a good typist a surgeon need not be able to fill a cavity This is because of the bureaucratic characteristic of___________?

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs /
The president of the United States need not be a good typist a surgeon need not be able to fill a cavity This is because of the bureaucratic characteristic of___________?

A. division of labor
B. impersonality
C. employment based on technical qualifications
D. written rules and regulations

The president of the United States need not be a good typist a surgeon need not be able to fill a cavity This is because of the bureaucratic characteristic of___________? Read More »

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs

The purpose of a reference group is to serve a(n) ?

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs /
The purpose of a reference group is to serve a(n) ?

A. normative function by enforcing standards of conduct and belief
B. comparison function by serving as a standard against which people can measure themselves and other
C. elimination function by dissolving groups that no longer have a social purpose
D. both a and b

The purpose of a reference group is to serve a(n) ? Read More »

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs

__________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation ?

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs /
__________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who special understandings about their occupation ?

A. primary
B. secondary
C. out-groups
D. formal organizations

__________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation ? Read More »

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs

Which of these is not a feature of an ideal type bureaucracy according to Weber ?

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs /
Which of these is not a feature of an ideal type bureaucracy according to Weber ?

A. a clear-cut hierarchy of authority
B. co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate
C. fixed salaries associated with each role
D. written rules governing conduct

Which of these is not a feature of an ideal type bureaucracy according to Weber ? Read More »

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs

Who is most closely associated with the view that the equal and impartial treatment of each case is a strength of bureaucracies ?

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs /
Who is most closely associated with the view that the equal and impartial treatment of each case is a strength of bureaucracies ?

A. Michel Foucault
B. Paul Gay
C. Zygmunt Bauman
D. Robert Michels

Who is most closely associated with the view that the equal and impartial treatment of each case is a strength of bureaucracies ? Read More »

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs

Which one of these would not be regarded as a dysfunction of bureaucracy according to Merton ?

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs /
Which one of these would not be regarded as a dysfunction of bureaucracy according to Merton ?

A. the rules could be upheld at all cost even in the face of a better solution
B. people know they should be guaranteed fair and consistent treatment
C. adherence to the rules takes precedence over organizational goals
D. workers are not encouraged to be flexible in making decisions

Which one of these would not be regarded as a dysfunction of bureaucracy according to Merton ? Read More »

Groups and Organizations, Sociology Mcqs