Case Assignment: Bureaucracy

Case Assignment: Bureaucracy

Case Assignment: Bureaucracy

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Question 1 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a bureaucracy:

Question 1 options:

a) clear division of labor

b) explicit rules

c) personality-based promotion

d) impersonality

Question 2 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

What is the difference between a primary group and a secondary group?

Question 2 options:

a) A primary group is small, consisting of emotional face-to-face relationships; a secondary group is larger and more impersonal.

b) A primary group is small and impersonal; a secondary group is large and consists of face-to-face relationships.

c) A primary group is large and impersonal; a secondary group is small, consisting of emotional, face-to-face relationships.

d) A primary group is large and impersonal; a secondary group is small and purely instrumental in function.

Question 3 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

What is the first agent of socialization in a person’s life?

Question 3 options:

a) the law

b) friends

c) family

d) school

Question 4 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

Sometimes a bureaucracy no longer can fulfill the goals that were initially intended. This is referred to as

Question 4 options:

a) goal alienation

b) goal attainment

c) goal displacement

d) goal shifting

Question 5 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

An instrumental leader:

Question 5 options:

a) Refers to the main focus or goal of the leader.

b) Rejects gender roles in the name of the feminist movement.

C) Is goal-oriented and largely concerned with accomplishing set tasks.

d) Promotes emotional strength and health, ensuring that people feel supported.

Question 6 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

When Michael starts high school, he joins the basketball team. He begins to look to his teammate friends for cues on how to behave at dances, in the hallways, and even in the classroom. Michael’s basketball team is serving as Michael’s ____________.

Question 6 options:

a) Out-group

b) Secondary group

c) Reference group

d) Aggregate

Question 7 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

George Herbert Mead referred to the common behavioral expectations of society as the

Question 7 options:

a) looking-glass self

b) generalized other

c) definition of the situation

d) moral ambiguity

Question 8 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

The term deviance can be defined as:

Question 8 options:

a) The regulation and enforcement of norms.

b) A violation of established contextual, cultural, or social norms, whether folkways, mores, or codified law.

c) Social reward for the violation of norms.

d) The act of notifying authorities when criminal acts are occurring.

Question 9 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

Functionalist Émile Durkheim believed that deviance within society is:

Question 9 options:

a) Dangerous; it encourages disruptive behavior.

b) Instrumental; it encourages the population to rebel.

c) Insignificant; deviance within society is largely ignored

d) Essential; it challenges people’s views and upholds social norms in ways that help stabilize society.

Question 10 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

Which of the following is a key feature of Strain Theory?

Question 10 options:

a) It asserts that motivation and personal responsibility are the key factors in living a healthy lifestyle.

b) It argues that morality is based on wealth.

c) It addresses the relationship between having socially acceptable goals and having no socially acceptable means to reach those goals.

d) It states individuals learn deviant behavior from those close to them who provide models of and opportunities for deviance.

Question 11 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

In first grade, John is unfairly singled out by his teacher for bad behavior, partly because his older brothers had behavioral problems themselves. Throughout grade school, John gains a reputation as a “problem” child. John eventually drops out of school, thinking he was born to fail anyway. Which school of thought best fits John’s experience?

Question 11 options:

a) Differential association

b) Labeling theory

c) Strain theory

d) Control theory

Question 12 (Mandatory) (0.25 points)

Which theorist studied the power elite and the influence they had over society?

Question 12 options:

a) C. Wright Mills

b) Karl Marx

c) Emile Durkheim

d) Carl Sagan

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

• Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
• Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
• One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
• I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

• Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
• In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
• Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
• Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

• Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
• Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
• I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

• I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
• As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
• It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

 

LopesWrite Policy

• For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
• Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
• Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
• Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

• The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
• Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
• If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
• I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
• As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

• Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: 
  • Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
  • Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.