Assignment:
Readings and Multimedia
1. To successfully complete this week's assignments, read the following chapters from the text, Contemporary Social Problems and the Workplace:
o Chapter Two - The Evolution of the American Workplace and Workforce
2. To successfully complete this week's assignments, view the following video from, PBS:
o Women as change agents in America: Part I
Discussions
1. McDonaldization
Analyze your college or workplace using Weber's model of bureaucracy. What elements (efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control) of McDonaldization do you see? Do you wish life were less McDonaldized? Why or why not?
You should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
2. Generational Differences in the Workplace
Analyze the following scenarios:
o Bob Jackson is 44. He is the manager of operations for a mid-sized company. He is always working and many employees at work think that he is a workaholic. His goal is to become the company president before he turns 50. In which generational group would Bob fall? Explain your answer.
o Jerry Thomas is 28 and has just become the new corporate VP at his company. The older VPs with whom he works see him as impulsive, somewhat self-centered and unwilling to play by the rules. In which generational group would Jerry fall? Explain your answer.
You should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
Assignment
Women and Flexibility in the Workplace
After viewing Women as change agents in America: Part I, determine why Kathleen Christensen believes that the flexibility of women in the workplace is a social and structural issue. Identify some factors that have affected women's flexibility in the workplace throughout history.
• Evaluate the factors that have affected women's pay in the workforce.
• Hypothesize what may change for women in the workplace within the next 10 years.
The paper should be four to five pages in length and formatted according to APA style. You should use at least three scholarly resources (which can be found in the Ashford Online Library) other than the textbook to support your claims and subclaims. Cite your resources in text and on the reference page.