Socio 211 1st Edition Lecture 7 Current LectureI. Weber on Bureaucracya. Weber saw bureaucracies as the future of organizations in the modern worldb. They are highly efficient compare to earlier, less rational forms of organizationc. Weber recognized the plusses and minuses. He saw bureaucracy as inevitable due to its effectiveness but worried about its dullness and lack of humanityi. Ideal type1. Clear hierarchy of authority; chain of command2. Written rules governing the actions of all officials3. Role of officials: job description, full time, salaried4. Role of officials within the organization separate from their private lives5. Officials and workers do onto own the business, they work for itII. Bureaucracy and democracya. The iron law of oligarchy: large organizations tend toward centralization of power, making democracy difficultb. Oligarchy: rule by a small minority within an organization or societyIII. Does bureaucracy theory hold up?a. There have been both theoretical and apllied challenges to bureaucracy as the only model of formal organization in the modern worldi. Horizontal models of formal organizations ii. Decentralized of organizations 1. For example, telecommutingiii. McDonalizationIV. Social networksa. Social networksi. Are composed of direct and indirect associations that link people and groupsii. Networks offer connections beyond the immediate, and thereby can extend opportunitiesV. Social capital a. Social capital is what we gain in knowledge, networks, and status through participation and membership in groups and organizationsb. Social capital contributes to feeling of well-being and belonging, in addition to economic successc. There is a great deal of inequality in social capital among individuals, organizations, and even countriesVI. Networks and inequalitya. Different groups have access to more or less helpful networks. This exacerbates inequalities that are already in placeVII. Unequal access onlineThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.a. Through the digital divide seems to be closing in terms of basic access to the Interest, disparities remainb. People with family incomes under $75,000/year use the Internet less than those with higher incomes, and the differences in usage expand when looking at those earning less than $30,000/yearVIII. Organizational theorya. There are many approaches to studying organizations sociologically:i. Bureaucracy theoriesii. Informal networksiii. Dysfunction theoryiv. Oligarchyv. Feminist organizational