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individuals who temporarily share the same physical space but do not see themselves as belonging together
In the social sciences, a gathering of people into a cluster or a crowd that do not form a true social group
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Marx's term for the workers' lack of connection to the product of their labor; caused by their being assigned repetitive tasks on a small part of a product: this leads to a sence of powerlessness and normlessness; also used in the general sence of not feeling a part of something
- Social alienation, the individual subject's estrangement from its community, society, or world
- Marx's theory of alienation, the separation of things that naturally belong together, or antagonism between things that are properly in harmony
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| a leader who leads by giving orders |
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| a formal organization with a hierarchy of authority, a clear divition of lab; emphasis on written rules, communications, and records; and inpersonality of positions |
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| people who have similar characteristics |
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| a cluster of people within a larger group who choose to interact with one another; an internal fration |
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| the alihnment of some members of a group against others |
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| orientations that characterize corporate work settings |
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| a leader who leads by trying to reach a consensus |
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| the smallest possible group, consisting of two persons |
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| individuals who regularly interact with one another on the Internet and who thing of themselves as belonging together |
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| an individual who increases harmony and minimizes conflict in a group; also known as a socioemotional leader |
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| the adoption of new goals by an organization; also known as goal replacement |
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| people who have something in common and who believe that what they have in common is significant; also called a social group |
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| the way in which individuals affect groups and the ways in which groups influence individuals |
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| Irving Janis's term for a narrowing of thought by a group of people, ;eading to the perception that there is only one correct answer; in groupthink, to suggest alternatives becomes a sign of disloyalty |
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| groups toward which on feels loyalty |
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| an idividual who tries to keep the group moving toward its goal; also known as a task oriented leader |
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| (the) iron law of oligarchy |
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| Robert Michel;s phrase for the tendency of formal organizations to be dominated by small, self-perpetuating elite |
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| an individual who leads by being highly persmissive |
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| someone who influences other people |
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| ways in which people express their leadership |
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| groups toward which one feels antagonism |
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| employees of a buraucracy are promoted to their "level of incompetence" |
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| a group charicterized by intimate, long-term, face-to-face association and cooperation |
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| (the) rationalization of society |
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| a widespread acceptance of rationality and a social organization largely built around this idea |
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| Herbert Hyman's term for a group we use as standards to evaluate ourselves |
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| compared with a primary group, a larger, relatively temporary, more anonymous, formal, and impersonal group based on some interest or activity, whose menbers are likely to interact on the basis of specific roles |
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| a group small enough for everyone to interact directly with all the other members |
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| the social ties radiation outward from the self that link people together |
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| a group made up of people who voluntarily organize on the basis of some mutual interest, also know as a voluntary mambership |
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