Sociology / Unit 5 Soc 0641 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Types of Formal Organization
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The idea
Formal organizations are normative, joined voluntarily for a shared purpose; coercive, entered under compulsion; or utilitarian, joined for material reward.
In practice
A religious congregation, a historical military draft, and a medieval trading guild each illustrate one of the three types.
Where people slip
An organization can be experienced as more than one type by different members.
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