Course Schedule for the Winter Term Food & Eating Across Cultures‚ SOSA 2401 x/y Professor Liz Fitting‚ Sociology & Social Anthropology (attach to course syllabus) Week 14 Case study: Growing organic January 5 & 7 • Hetherington‚ Kregg‚ Chapters 1-4 Cultivating Utopia Week 15 Case study: Growing organic Jan. 12 &14 • Hetherington‚ Kregg‚ Chapters 5-8 Cultivating Utopia • Exams handed back this week & Make up exam on Tuesday January 12‚ 1-3 pm Week 16 Class and consumption
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understand a current social issue This essay looks at the argument taken from a classical sociologist called Weber‚ throughout this essay it explains rationalization and how it has become modernized using Ritzer to explain this by demonstrating his McDonaldization theory. The theory will be clarified by contemporary sociologists by looking at their strengths and weaknesses and how rationalization relates to a current social issue such as globalisation becoming such a problem in today’s society due to a
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New York Monthly review press. Kelly‚ John. (1982)‚ Scientific Management‚ Job Redesign‚ & Work Performance. Academic Press Marcouse‚ I. et al. (1996)‚ The Complete A-Z Business Studies Handbook‚ Hodder & Stoughton Ritzer‚ George. (2000) The McDonaldization Of Society. Sage Publications Inc. Taylor‚ Frederick W (1911) The Principles of Scientific Management‚ Harper Bros. Fincham‚ R & Rhodes‚ P (1999) Priniciples of Organisational Behaviours‚ Oxford Univeristy Press. Nelson‚ David (1980) Frederick
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Sociological Theories A sociological theory is a set of ideas that provides an explanation for human society. Theories are selective in terms of their priorities and perspectives and the data they define as significant. As a result they provide a particular and partial view of reality. Sociological theories can be grouped together according to a variety of criteria. The most important of these is the distinction between Structural and Social action theories. Structural or macro perspectives
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Introduction to Sociology Test II Multiple Choice: Choose the Best Possible Answer (.75 point each) 1. Which of the following is an example of interactional vandalism? a. Groups attack storeowners following a false arrest of a local resident. b. Police repeatedly hit a driver whose car had a broken taillight. c. Students vandalize campus or community property following a victorious football game. d. A student shouts out‚ “Hey teach’‚ lookin’ good today!” e. all of the above 2. Wearing a new suit
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References: A GENERAL THEORY OF BUREAUCRACY Elliot Jaques 1981 Heinemann ORGANIZATION AND BUREAUCRACY Nicos P. Mouzelis 1975 International Library of Sociology edited by John Rex THE MCDONALDIZATION OF SOCIETY George Ritzer 1992 Pine Forge Press
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Bibliography: * Miles‚ R & Snow‚ C. (1978). Organizational strategy‚ structure and process. McGraw – Hill. * Morgan‚ G. (1998). Images of organization. Sage Publications. * Ritzer‚ G. (2007) The McDonaldization of Society (5th ed.). London: Pine Forge Press * Senge‚ P * State‚ R. (1989). Organizational learning: The Key to Management Innovation. Sloan Management Review. * Taylor‚ F. (1911). The principles of scientific management. New York: Harpers
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1.0 Introduction Globalization has been around for a very long time since between 1492 and 1498 until TODAY. Trading. Trading is a major factor of globalization. Trading has led to the exchange of goods‚ culture and language and in no doubt‚ the migration of people. The British East India Company is the best historical example in the rapid globalization movement. The British East India Company was founded at the beginning of the 17th century. Figure 1: The British East India Company was founded
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Question 3 1.0 INTRODUCTION It is undeniable that the service sector in Singapore‚ predominantly the businesses specializing in Accommodation & Food Services‚ Information & Communications‚ Business Services Recreation‚ Community & Personal Services; is the heart of Singapore’s economy (Singapore Department of Statistics 2013). This ‘‘verity’’ is perpetuated by the high value adding quality of the industry as well as the high job creation turnover to the Singaporean economy. These insights seemed
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Sayer Addington Sociology 110-007 3/2/2013 McDonaldization Theory Social Observation Assignment When confronted with the word‚ McDonald’s‚ most people think of the Whopper Meal‚ or a bright yellow M‚ famously known as the “Golden Arches” (Macionis 121)‚ sitting on the side of the highway. Little do they know that over 33‚000 McDonalds are operating worldwide‚ one of which holds fifteen hundred people. Not only a “symbol of U.S. Culture” (Macionis 121)‚ but it has become a theory of sociology
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