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USING SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT AMONG 21ST CENTURY MANAGERS

Discusses Frederick Taylor's scientific management theory, and determines if its principles are effective for today's workforce. T...

Leadership and Motivation

or under represented in the discussion of the model. The concept of scientific management is well known; Taylor used scie...

An Analysis of Max Weber's Ideas about Capitalism

day is over--often at 4:30--they go home and dread the next day. It is a rut. Compare that to the hard working, up and coming exec...

The Sociology of Groups

the groups discussed here are not companies but social organizations, we can assume that the paradigm here would be that members a...

Issues in Public Administration

ought to address and then addressing them, the science of administration is needed. The purpose of public administration is to aid...

Frederick Douglass's Life and Times

In five pages this paper examines Frederick Douglass the man as reflected in the 1881 publication of The Life and Times of Freder...

Protestant Work Ethic Defined by Max Weber

individual is offered a choice between the types of purchasable commodities which are available, and can therefore choose which wi...

Pentagon Families and Aid from the Bureaucracy

districts near New York City for example, began to collect funds and they also rounded up needed supplies. At some point, the work...

Charismatic Leadership and the Mobilization of Popular Political Consent

In nine pages this paper discusses Max Weber's Economy and Society, Ann Ruth Wilner's The Spellbinders, Charismatic Political Lead...

Max Weber's Life and Contributions to Sociology

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses Max Weber's life, his contributions to sociology, and how his theories may be appli...

Bureaucracy Theories of Max Weber

of civilization the West had achieved. (Waldo) II. Max Webers Varied Interests Weber is thought of as having been a scholar and ...

Harris County, Texas' Criminal Justice System and Adult Probation

job. Counseling is available to those who need it. The office may make home visits to catch the probationer by surprise. Mandat...

Sociological Methodology and Emile Durkheim

In ten pages the ways in which the famed sociologist approached sociological inquiry are examined with a consideration of Rules of...

The Structure of the Scientific Revolutions Postscript by Thomas Kuhn

In twelve pages this paper examines Kuhn's postscript and then contrasts and compares the views expressed with Max Weber's sociolo...

Civilian Life v. Military Life

many businesses have embraced the concept as well, or at least have used it to an extent. The contemporary workplace has within it...

Rationalization of Max Weber and Today's Workplace

the "culmination of a rationalization process driven forward by modern capitalism" (133). The answer is rather obvious. Capitalism...

U.S. Economic Stratification

in the power structure of the time to allow rule by the previously exploited working class (the proletariat,) and the termination ...

Bureaucracy and the Charisma Solution

with a problem will often not get satisfactory results. Instead, they end up in a seemingly endless cycle where resolution seems i...

Consideration of Leadership from Josef Broz Tito to Yasser Arafat

In six pages and 3 parts this paper discusses the leadership of Yugoslavia's Tito, then discusses Martin Luther King, Arafat, with...

Sociological Views on the Divination Function in 1 Samuel 28

I bring up unto thee? And he said, bring me up Samuel" (1 Samuel 28:11). Samuel does appear, but warns Saul of his upcoming ruin d...

Conflict Theory of Karl Marx and Terrorism

In their work delineating the importance of group identification in negotiating international agreements, Rao and Schmidt (1998) n...

Modern Society and the Bureaucracy of Max Weber

His questioning of authority in his personal life and his fascination with the topic certainly relate to his own situation (234). ...

Social Stratification Importance to Society and the Field of Social Work

they are essentially from different worlds. To many in America today, political ideology is at the crux of how the poor and home...

Modern Social Stratification and Theory of Karl Marx

(the proletariat,) and the termination of class-based society. Marxist demanded communal property in the place of private propert...

Connection Between the Government and Central Banks

(Weber, 1947). If we apply this to the world in which we operate the relationship between the central bank and the government we ...

Ethics From Teleological and Deontological Philosophical Perspectives

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

Comparative Perspectives on Capitalism

man. He believed that capitalism is limiting in terms of freedom of expression and so forth. Finally, Weber viewed capitalism as r...

Sociological Perspective of 911

the rich, United States does not do enough to help the poor, but rather advocates for multinationals. Globalization has seemingly ...

Society, the Individual, and Sociology

themselves. It is in adjusting to change that people lose their ground. Meaning and purpose in life is lost. Thus, clinical depres...

Religion and Sociological Theory

merit. Indeed, religion is used to control the masses to some extent and people use religion for functional reasons. It helps them...