Sociology. Synthesize themes in the various readings in Thio book (Society Myths and Realities An Introduction to Sociology by Alex Thio) Chapter 5.
Topic: Groups and Organizations (Social Groups, Group Characteristic, Social Networks, Formal Organizations, Functionalist Perspective: Cooperating to Achieve a Common Goal, Conflict Perspective: equality as Key to Organizational success, Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Defining the Situation in Organizations, The Threat of Organizations to Personal Privacy, The Realities of Bureaucracy, A Global Analysis of Organizations) The paper is to be concise and to the point, but comprised of atleast 3 pages of writing.