Unit 5 Concepts
The important concepts in Unit 5 are listed below. The readings and other learning opportunities are designed to help you become familiar with these concepts. You should know the definitions of each concept and also how sociologists use these concepts. Try to incorporate these concepts into your work for this course.
| (1) Social Group | (20) Rationality |
| (2) Primary Group | (21) Rationalization of Society |
| (3) Secondary Group | (22) Bureaucracy |
| (4) Instrumental Leadership | (23) Organizational Environment |
| (5) Expressive Leadership | (24) Organizaitonal Culture and Informality |
| (6) Authoritarian Leadership | (25) Bureaucratic Alienation |
| (7) Democratic Leadership | (26) Bureaucratic Ritualism and Inefficiency |
| (8) Laissez-Faire Leadership | (27) Bureaucratic Inertia |
| (9) Reference Group | (28) Iron Law of Oligarchy |
| (10) In-Group and Out-Group | (29) Scientific Management |
| (11) Group Conformity and Groupthink | (30) Privilege and Exclusion |
| (12) Dyad | (31) Female Advantage |
| (13) Triad | (32) Japanese Organization |
| (14) Social Network | (33) Creative Freedom |
| (15) Formal Organization | (34) Competitive Work Teams |
| (16) Utilitarian Organization | (35) Flat Organization |
| (17) Normative Organization | (36) Open, Flexible Organization |
| (18) Coercive Organization | (37) McDonaldization of Society |
| (19) Tradition | (38) Iron Cage |
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