Groups, Networks, and Organizations

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Across
  1. 3. George Ritzer's term describing the spread of bureaucratic rationalization and the accompanying increases in efficiency and dehumanization.
  2. 5. A three-person social group.
  3. 6. A group that provides a standard of comparison against which we evaluate ourselves.
  4. 7. In very cohesive groups, the tendency to enforce a high degree of conformity among members, creating a demand for unanimous agreement.
  5. 11. Authority based in laws, rules, and procedure, not in the heredity or personality of any individual leader.
  6. 13. A theory of group formation and maintenance that stresses the need of individual members to feel a sense of belonging.
  7. 15. A temporary gathering of people in a public place: members might interact but don't identify with each other and do not remain in contact.
  8. 17. Social groups whos interactions are mediated through informed technologies.
  9. 20. A group that one identifies with and feels a loyalty toward.
  10. 21. Collections of people who share a physical location, but don't have lasting relations.
  11. 23. The application of economic logic to human activity; the use of formal rules and regulations in order to maximize efficiency without consideration of subjective or individual concerns.
  12. 24. Exerting group controls over others' decisions.
  13. 26. Power that is backed by a source of threat.
  14. 27. A collection of people that share some attribute, can identify with each other, and interact with each other.
  15. 28. The people who are most important to our self.
  16. 29. Leadership concerned with maintaining emotional and rational harmony with a group.
  17. 30. A two-person social group.
  18. 31. People who share one or more attributes, but lack a sense f common identity or belonging.
  19. 32. Groups toward which an individual feels opposition, rivalry, or hostility.
Down
  1. 1. The legitimate right to wield power.
  2. 2. The web of direct and indirect ties connecting an individual to other people who may also affect the individual.
  3. 4. Power that is supported by persuasion.
  4. 8. Leadership that is task or goal orientated.
  5. 9. Authority based in the perception of remarkable personal qualities in a leader.
  6. 10. The ability to control the actions of others.
  7. 12. Authority based in a custom, birthright, or divine right.
  8. 14. A type of secondary group designed to perform tasks efficiently, characterized by specialization, technical competency, hierarchy, written rules, impersonality, and formal written communication.
  9. 16. The patterns of interaction between groups and individuals.
  10. 18. The phenomenon in which as more individuals are added to a task, each individual contributes a little less; a source of inefficiency when working in teams.
  11. 19. Groups larger and less intimate than primary groups.
  12. 22. The sense of solidarity or loyalty that individuals feel toward a group to which they belong.
  13. 25. Connections between individuals.