Formal Organizations, Bureaucracy, and Concentrated Power
Sociology for Beginners · Chapter 7 Formal Organizations, Bureaucracy, and Concentrated Power A formal organization is deliberately created to pursue goals. A restaurant company, government agency, university, hospital, union, and charity can all be formal organizations. Their purposes differ, but each uses recognized positions and procedures that continue when particular members leave. Amitai Etzioni distinguished […]
Conformity, Obedience, and Situational Influence
Sociology for Beginners · Chapter 7 Conformity, Obedience, and Situational Influence Conformity means adjusting behavior or judgment toward actual or imagined group pressure. Obedience means responding to a direct command from a recognized authority. The distinction depends on the source of influence. A server copying coworkers’ greeting style conforms. A server following a manager’s direct […]
