SOC 1101 Lecture 12: Bureaucrasies

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: William Flynn

Document Summary

> understanding the problems families face encourages us to consider ways in which our individual efforts might contribute towards solutions in society. Family functions: sexual regulation, socialization, economic and psychological support, provision of social status. > increases in cohabitation, same-sex marriages, dual earner marriages, single parent families, of divorce and remarriage. Formal organization: a highly structured secondary group formed for the purpose of achieving specific goals in the most efficient manner (corporations, schools, universities. > the influence of group size, leadership style, and conformity affects the behaviour of groups and their members. > we can benefit through increased awareness of the different types of groups and organizations, including bureaucracies, that we, as social beings, are involved in and affected by. > examination of the role of group membership can enhance the understanding of the process of socialization. > consideration must be given to the ways in which ethnic, class, and gender inequalities might be perpetuated through bureaucracies.