sociology quiz 6

Which of these is a problem in bureaucracies where numerous rules often slow progress or increase the amount or complexity of work?

• red tape

• the Peter principle

• bounded rationality

• informationalism

Women face the ______, in which they cannot get promoted past a certain level in bureaucratic organizations despite their qualifications.

• glass cage

• glass elevator

  
  

• glass ceiling

  
  

• glass escalator

McDonaldization is most important at the local rather than the larger organizational level.

• True

• False

Which "scape" could be associated with an influx of undocumented immigrants to the United States?

• ethnoscape

  
  

• financescape

• mediascapes

  
  

• ideoscapes

When a country is ruled by a small group of people at the top who exercise a great deal of power, often illegitimately obtained, it is termed which of these?

• monarchy

• bureaucracy

• oligarchy

• democracy

India is an attractive place for call centers to locate, because of its lack of traditional gender norms.

• True

• False

What does it mean to say we are a "risk society?"

• 
  Our main issue is risk and how to minimize or prevent it.

• We take more risks than we have in the past.

• We are more anxious of risks than we have been in the past.

• 
  Globally, societies have begun to take risks for other societies.

eBayization is a process that enlists all the basic dimensions of McDonaldization except that it includes variety.

• True

• False

David Koresh led the Branch Davidian cult. Koresh was known for his outgoing personality and ability to gather people into his fold. Max Weber would characterize Koresh's leadership as "rational-legal."

• True

• False

The mayor of New York City is someone who rules by traditional authority.

• True

• False