Midterm 3 study guide for chapter on groups (chapter 6) in Giddens et al.

know about:

social group
social aggregate
in-group
out-group
primary group
reference group
Stanley Milgram study
social networks
organizations
formal organizations
Max Weber
bureaucracies
ideal type
formal relations
informal relations
Peter Blau
John Meyer and Brian Rowan
bureaucratic ritualism
Michel Foucault
surveillance
social capital
Robert Michels, iron law of oligarchy
Judy Wajcman
Japanese corporations
corporate culture
Manuel Castells
networked organizations
women in executive positions
disadvantages of telecommuting
Robert Putnam
television