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| A collection of people who regularly interact with one another on the basis of shared expectations concerning behavior and who share a sense of common identity. |
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Meeting new people. Knowing people to get a step up/ getting a job.
Gain Advantages.
Social interactions are less clouded with factors such as social postion, wealth , race and such |
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A group with an identifiable membership that engages in concerted collective actions to achieve a common purpose.
Ex=Universities, religious bodies and business corporations. |
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| Rationally designed to achieve its objectives, often by means of explicit rules, regulations and procedures. |
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| A type of organization marked by a clear hierarchy of authority and the existence of written rules of procedure and staffed by full-time, salaried officials. |
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1. Clear cut hierarchy of authority. Higher offices control lowers offices
2.Written rules govern the conduct of officials at all levels
3. Officials are full time & salaried
4. Separation between tasks of an official within the organization and his life outside.
4. No members of the organization own the material resources. |
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| Relations that exist in groups & organizations laid down by the norms/ rules of the official system of authority |
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| Relations that exist in groups and organizations developed on the basis of personal connections. |
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| Rule by a small minority within an organization or society. |
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A collection of people who happen to be together in a particular place but do not significantly interact/ identify with one another.
Ex: people waiting a bus stop |
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| People who share a common characteristic ( such as gender or occupation) but do not necessarily interact or identify with one another. |
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A group that is characterized by intense emotional ties, face to face interaction, intimacy, and a strong enduring sense of commitment.
Ex= family, peers, friends |
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A group characterized by its large size and by impersonal, fleeting relationships.
Playing a particular role.
Business organizations, schools, work groups and such. |
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A process by which the members of a group ignore ways of thinking and plans of action that go against the group consensus.
developed by Irving Janis
Bad= Nazis and power experiment. |
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