Close friends who have known each other since childhood are an example of which kind of group?
Correct answer B. Primary group
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Which theorists stress the destructive consequences of tensions between in-groups and out-groups?
Correct answer B. Conflict theorists
Which of the following statements about small groups is correct?
Correct answer C. Many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships characteristic of primary groups
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Which pioneer of sociology first drew researchers’ attention to the significance of bureaucratic structure?
Correct answer B. Max Weber
Who have expressed particular concern about long-serving union leaders who are not always responsive to members’ needs?
Correct answer B. Conflict theorists
When unions forced management to recognise that workers were not mere objects, what did organisational theorists begin to revise?
Correct answer D. Both A and B
Who argued that an ‘iron law of oligarchy’ operates within organisations?
Correct answer B. Robert Michels
International non-governmental organisations numbered fewer than 200 at the start of the twentieth century. Roughly how many were there by 2006?
Correct answer A. 51,509
Which concept did Robert Putnam’s work help to popularise in the social sciences?
Correct answer A. Social capital
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What did de Gournay describe with the phrase ‘an illness called bureaumania’?
Correct answer B. The developing power of officials
Which of these would not count as a dysfunction of bureaucracy according to Merton?
Correct answer C. People know they should be guaranteed fair and consistent treatment
Who is most closely associated with the view that the equal and impartial treatment of each case is a strength of bureaucracies?
Correct answer D. Paul du Gay
What is a social group of organisms sharing an environment, usually with shared interests, called?
Correct answer B. Community
What does the ‘iron law of oligarchy’ refer to?
Correct answer D. The tendency for power inevitably to flow towards the top
When does an individual learn through socialisation?
Correct answer A. Throughout life
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Which of these is a feature of the Japanese style of management?
Correct answer D. All of the above
In what terms can communities be categorised?
Correct answer D. All of the above
Homogeneity, farming and a subsistence economy are salient features of which community?
Correct answer B. Rural Community
Which of these is not a feature of Weber’s ideal-type bureaucracy?
Correct answer A. Co-ownership among all workers of the material resources with which they operate
In the Western world, what has urbanisation accompanied?
Correct answer C. Industrialisation