Assignment:
Part 1:
You are part of a team made up of the warden and assistant wardens of a medium-to-large close-security prison. You know inmates tend to riot or have sit-ins over the subject of food and medical care. You have been receiving information from your correctional officers that the inmates are starting to complain about the food. The chicken is not thoroughly cooked, the food is bland, and several inmates who have dietary restrictions are having problems with the kitchen staff. You want to stop things before they escalate into a full-blown problem.
You are to write a paper of 2 to 3 pages to consider this problem from the perspective of the following 3 management styles, and give a solution to the problem in all 3 styles:
• Authoritarian style: This is characterized by 1 leader who acts like a dictator and makes every decision. What the leader states is then passed as the directives to subordinates who will carry out these directives under very close supervision.
• Democratic style: This is characterized by a cooperative approach to decision making, which is still structured in nature.
• Laissez-faire style: This is very different than the authoritarian style in which there exists a void of any type of leadership and everyone does as they please.
You can gather information on these styles at this Web site.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.
Part 2 :
Answer the following questions regarding social change:
• How do you think life in the United States will change in the next 10 years?
• How might technology be involved or effect social change in American culture?
• How do you think sociologists might use the Internet to study culture and social change in the United States?
Answer in 3 paragraphs minimum.
Part 3 : Sociologists cite the weakening of the family as one of the causes for some of the problems that American society faces today. Do you agree? In your paper, include the following information:
• Identify important or significant changes in families since 1960. What factors are responsible for this change?
• On the balance, are families becoming weaker or simply different in society? What evidence can you cite?
• If you agree that the family has become weaker in American society, what proposals do you have to strengthen the family?
• If you disagree and believe that the family has become stronger in American culture in recent decades, please explain why.
Answer in 1 to 2 pages minimum.