Think about the best or worst job you ever had and then apply Ritzer’s concept of McDonaldization to your work.
What will be an ideal response?
•?Efficiency: utilizing the best or quickest means to achieve a desired goal, like serving food through drive-through windows.
•?Calculability; speed and quantity is emphasized over quality, like serving unhealthy food that can be prepared quickly prepared in large portions.
•?Predictability; a standardization across time and space, like scripting employee statements and expecting almost ritualistic-like behaviors of customers.
•?Control by Means of Technology; machines and computers are utilized to control and even replace human labor, like automated friars that control the cooking of fries with timers and thermostats.
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Which of the following is the best definition of social policy?
a. a written set of ideas and goals that are formally adopted by a relevant decision-making body b. a subjective awareness rooted in contemporary social events c. cultural norms that are accepted by most members of a group d. societal values that are passed down from generation to generation
Which of the following is NOT an example of media technology?
A. a television host B. computer C. television D. printing press
Commanding respect and an egalitarian relationship have become extinct in today's relationships
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Research by Italian sociologist Mauro Valeri indicates that racism in Italian soccer
A. is a problem among spectators but not among players. B. has increased in multiple forms in recent years. C. is not expressed in stadiums for fear of police actions. D. tends to decrease with higher rates of immigration to Italy.