Sociology Q6 L17-19

These are groups that are organized to achieve goals efficiently. Examples are the BIR and Google.

• Formal organizations

• Informal organizations

This is a type of formal organization that serves some function for their members.

• Utilitarian organizations

• Normative organizations

• Coercive organizations

This is an organization that is also called voluntary associations. They are groups that people join as volunteers. People join them to pursue some goal that they think is morally worthwhile. An example is the Red Cross, political parties, and religious organizations.

• Utilitarian

• Normative

• Coercive

These are organizations where you don't have a say in whether you are a member or not. An example of this are prisons.

• Utilitarian

• Normative

• Coercive

The way previous generations did things - their values and techniques - is thought to be basically the right way.

• Traditional world view

• Rational world view

This view sees everything as up for grabs, and tries to find the most efficient way to accomplish a given task through critical thinking and calculation

• Traditional world view

• Rational world view

It is an organization that's been rationally constructed to do things efficiently.

• Bureaucracy

• Adhocracy

The following are the common main things in a bureaucracy

• Specialized roles

• Formal written communications

• Technical competence

• Rules and regulations

In this case, the rules become a kind of end in themselves, ultimately interfering with the organization's goals.

• Bureaucratic ritualism

• Bureaucratic retreatism

It is where an organization's ultimate goal becomes just to perpetuate itself, to keep existing.

• Bureaucratic inertia

• Bureaucratic innovation