assignment will look at the model of McDonaldization and its links to Max Weber’s theory of bureaucracy. The advantages and disadvantages of the model will be identified and examples will be given of how these will affect an organisation. Effects of McDonaldization on society will also be considered. The extent to which McDonaldization provides a comprehensive metaphor for contemporary society will be determined from the evidence presented. The definition of McDonaldization is “The process by which the
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"McDonaldization‚...is the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of the rest of the world". These are the words of George Ritzer comparing the processes incorporated by the McDonald franchise and the impact of social structural change on human interaction and identity. He illustrates the linkage between the irrationality of rationality with the four properties of social organization and how it is affecting
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the key elements of McDonaldization. A brief history of rationalization then leads into observations on technological advances and their role in globalisation. A discussion of globalisation follows and looks at how it has shaped the relationship between the local and global aspects of our society. With these concepts established McDonaldization is reintroduced to explore how it relates in light of the localized and globalized world. Ritzer has defined McDonaldization as the process by which
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WRITE SHORT NOTES ON THE THREE TYPES OF LEGITIMATE AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED BY MAX WEBER. Max Weber‚ a sociological and philosophical worker defined authority as the chance of commands being obeyed by a specifiable group of people‚ and legitimate authority as that which is recognized as justified by both the ruler and the ruled. He further identified three typesof legitimate authority; Rational-legitimate authority‚ Traditional authority‚ and finally the charismatic authority. RATIONAL-LEGITIMATE
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Charisma is a quality of an individual personality that is considered extraordinary‚ and followers may consider this quality to be endowed with supernatural‚ superhuman‚ or exceptional powers or qualities. Whether such powers actually exist or not is irrelevant the fact that followers believe that such powers exist is what is important. Charismatic leadership has emerged in all places and in all historical ages. For example‚ we have the Kwaio Big Man’ of Melanesia (Sahlins‚ 1963) compared to the
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POKOK-POKOK PIKIRAN MAX WEBER THE THEORY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION DAN RASIONALISME/MODERNISME Konteks Sebagaimana telah dibahas dalam diskusi kita minggu kemarin‚ perhatian Weber yang utama adalah pada landasan keteraturan sosial yang absah (legitimate) dalam setiap hubungan sosial‚ yang didalamnya terdapat pola-pola dominasi yang diterima sebagai yang benar oleh semua pihak dalam kelompok sosial tersebut. Di sisi lain‚ ketertarikan Weber pada struktur otoritas dipengaruhi oleh
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How and why does Weber seek to establish a connection between the Protestant ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism? Marx Weber was born on April 21‚ in 1864 in Germany‚ in a small city named Erfurt and died on June 1920. Actually Weber was not only an economist and a political scientist but also he was one of the three great founders of sociology‚ with Marx and Durkheim. Those three are known as the fathers of modern sociology. His family played a vital role in his whole life and had great influence
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Bureaucratic organization has been manifested in the human administration system for over 5000 years. The history has written that such organization has been invented in the times of the Egyptian dominant. The creation of a bureaucratic system raise from the monarchy‚ the ruling of one principle monarch has established a figure that can be seen as the start of the bureaucratic organization. The early establishment of bureaucratic administration were seen and put in to practice in the system of
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inconsistent‚ and perpetuates the status quo. In fact‚ Weber states: “The creation of new law opposite traditional norms is deemed impossible in principle.” Traditional authority is typically embodied in feudalism or patrimonialism. In a purely patriarchal structure‚ “the servants are completely and personally dependent upon the lord”‚ while in an estate system (i.e. feudalism)‚ “the servants are not personal servants of the lord but independent men” (Weber 1958‚ 4). But‚ in both cases the system of authority
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2.3 DISADVANTAGES OF MAX WEBER AND THE CONCEPT OF BUREAUCRACY Despite the clear advantages of bureaucracy‚ one would wonder if they are really efficient. Nearly all governmental organizations adopt this form of organization to some extent and weber claimed they were capable of achieving the highest efficiency. Below are draw backs of bureaucracy concepts: (a) Impersonality can ensure a common level of treatment but may also lead to stereotyping behavior and lack of responsiveness to individual
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