SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ritualism In The Church Of England, Frederick Winslow Taylor

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

We behave differently when with certain people. Expectations of what we should act like or be like. Category: those with a common status, ethnicity, or occupation. Crowd: non-interacting group, such as an audience. Primary groups: a small social group whose members share personal and lasting relationships. Secondary groups: large and impersonal groups whose members pursue a speci c goal or activity. People look to one another strategically (what they can do for one another) Part of a secondary group can turn into a primary group. Triad: 3 member group, more stable, more types of interactions is possible. Without a sense of boundaries and belonging. Can be a powerful resource to nd a job or become established. Web links many but not entire world. Bureaucracy: organizational model rationally designed to perform tasks ef ciently. Human beings are creative and stubborn enough to resist formality. Bureaucratic inef ciency and ritualism: preoccupation with rules to the point of interfering with meeting goals.