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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eating experience is clashing against Filipino beliefs and values. If Jollibee is truly committed on upholding Filipino traditions and family values—that’s the question. Another question to ponder is: “Does the efficiency dimension of McDonaldization or McDonaldization in general provide fulfillment and new learning experiences to Filipino employees? In any McDonaldized business establishment‚ you do not have to be highly-experienced or very intelligent‚ mainly because the tasks required are entirely
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do so is through what sociologist George Ritzer calls Mcdonaldization. Mcdonaldization is the process by which the principles of efficiency‚ calculability‚ predictability‚ and control shape organization and decision making‚ in the United states and around the world. These principles‚ as Ritzer argued‚ “have been emulated by many organizations‚ ranging from medical care to wedding planning to education” (Witt‚111). The success of Mcdonaldization‚ and the very well known restaurant Mcdonald’s is due
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Arlie Russell Hochschild is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California‚ Berkeley. Hochschild’s interests of research are in the impact of contemporary capitalism on everyday life. In the essay she wrote‚ “From the Frying Pan into the Fire”‚ Hochschild argues the growing emphasis on efficiency is affecting our lives. We have allowed the idea of workplace efficiency to infiltrate within the home life‚ in significant and negative ways. Hochschild’s study of the influence of efficiency
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Traditionally‚ childbirth has emphasized the joy of bringing a new life into the world. However‚ with the McDonaldization of healthcare‚ childbirth seems to be more about standardization over nature. Hospitals have begun to copy procedural ideas of major corporations and childbirth has begun to be centred on efficiency‚ predictability and control. To generate more money‚ hospitals have placed focus on efficiency‚ taking a woman through childbirth as quickly as possible. As a result‚ standard‚ predictable
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that ordering groceries offline would put somewhat of a halt on the concept of McDonaldization because it could possibly eliminate some dimensions within the Ritzer’s Theory. However‚ ordering groceries online could involve some potential risks such as‚ groceries not arriving on time‚ high prices‚ the ability to not have online coupons and no social interaction. While further expanding the conversation on McDonaldization in American Society I would have to say that drive-through windows and supersized
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Suppose you are to study police brutality‚ what methods of research (demographics‚ historical data‚ surveys‚ interviews‚ or observation) would you utilize? McDonaldization . Analyze your college or workplace using Weber’s model of bureaucracy. What elements (efficiency‚ calculability‚ predictability‚ and control) of McDonaldization do you see? Do you wish life were less McDonaldized? Why or why not? Generational Differences in the Workplace . Analyze the following scenarios: a. Bob
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Disadvantages of Mass Customisation [Online]. Tripod. Retrieved from: http://knowledge-sharing.tripod.com/id16.html [Accessed 13 November 2013]. McDonaldization (2013) Calculability [Online] Powers‚ T. and Barrows‚ C.T. (2009) Introduction to The Hospitality Industry. 7th ed. Hoboken‚ New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Ritzer‚ G Ritzer‚ G. (2004) The McDonaldization of Society. Rev. new century ed. United States of America: Sage Publications‚ Inc. Ritzer‚ G Sandoff‚ M. (2005) ‘Customization and standardization
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What is Globalization? Has Globalization really become the cliché of the century? Globalization perceives the world as a way of interconnectivity through similar aspects of life that interest us as humans. Globalization begins from culture to economics and all the way to environmental situations creating a global shift‚ thus being the cliché of our time. Globalization moulds the world to create a connection through social relations all over the world. Globalization includes transactions between
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Tiffany Ngo Dr. Marilyn. Johncilla Sociology (1DC301-14) April‚ 2‚ 2013 Americanization of the World a Significant Impact in Modern Society? In the 21st century‚ lives of many seem to be bombarded and influenced by the media consisting of famous public figures from Beyoncé‚ Brad Pitt to Barack Obama. Different forms of entertainment from TV shows and movies such as Vampire Diaries to Twilight seem to flourish with popularity while destinations such as New York‚ Los Angeles and Hollywood
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