SOC202H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Homo Economicus, Organizational Culture
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Meaning #1: global burger as a cultural object means up to date, american, fresh, youthful and trendy. Meaning #2: constructed by religious conservations non- kosher, alien, assimilationist, and an affront to religion and. Managers and workers create and receive cultural objects facilitate or obstruct the organization"s operations. Individual or small group level: group subcultures arise to create a meaningful working world. Level of the larger group ( the workers ) or even the organization as a whole. Most direct way to motivate compliance exercise of force. Most people will respond most of the time if they are threatened with a whip or a gun. Structural solutions to solve the problem of bureaucratic alienation: Have few hierarchical steps and by locating decision making. Organizational cultures are negotiated orders that emerge or fail as employees" perspectives interact with the organization"s goals. Outsider: advertising garner support from those upon whom they depend.
