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. Which of the following best describes Ritzer's (2019) 'McDonaldization of society'?

There are more and more McDonald's restaurants opening worldwide. correct incorrect

McDonalds is a model by which all other organizations should operate. correct incorrect

McDonalds is so large that it acts in a governmental role over the rest of society. correct incorrect

More and more organizations in society are managed using similar techniques to McDonald's restaurants. correct incorrect

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. How does Ritzer (2019) draw upon Weber's work to describe the McDonaldized society?

He disagrees with Weber and believes that increased bureaucracy is desirable. correct incorrect

He agrees with Weber that bureaucracy is technologically efficient, but disagrees with his critique of bureaucracy. correct incorrect

He agrees with Weber that it creates an iron cage and disenchantment. correct incorrect

He doesn't draw upon Weber's work. correct incorrect

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. No-frills organizations, where only the basic requirements are provided for a cheaper price, are an example of what?

Value engineering correct incorrect

Flat-pack rationalization correct incorrect

Post-bureaucracy correct incorrect

Contingency theory correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes the way in which people are controlled by the Panopticon?

Its design means that people know they are constantly being watched. correct incorrect

Its design means that people can be watched intermittently, but are unsure exactly when they are being watched. correct incorrect

People are watched for a period of time, but not controlled for the rest of the time. correct incorrect

People observe and control each other. correct incorrect

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. The use of Panoptic principles to bring about order and control in organizations can also be described as the use of what?

Fordism correct incorrect

McDonaldization correct incorrect

Value engineering correct incorrect

Surveillance correct incorrect

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. Which of the following terms refers to control over people by monitoring electronic records that are held about them?

Data control correct incorrect

Datopticon correct incorrect

Dataveillance correct incorrect

Data day correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Big data correct incorrect

The assembly line correct incorrect

Algorithms correct incorrect

The quantified self correct incorrect

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. The automation of human thought processes, such as learning and decision-making, is known as what?

Cyber-physical systems correct incorrect

The gig economy correct incorrect

Smart factories correct incorrect

Artificial intelligence correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements best describes the precarious nature of gig economy work?

Workers gain the advantages of both self-employment and capitalist wage-labour and face the disadvantages of neither correct incorrect

Workers face the disadvantages of both self-employment and capitalist wage-labour and gain the advantages of neither correct incorrect

Workers gain the advantages of self-employment but face the disadvantages of capitalist wage-labour correct incorrect

Workers gain the advantages of capitalist wage-labour but face the disadvantages of self-employment correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is an example of cloud-based gig economy work?

Taxi services, such as Uber correct incorrect

Food delivery services, such as Deliveroo correct incorrect

Clerical microtasking services, such as Amazon Mechanical Turk correct incorrect

Skilled manual work services, such as Taskrabbit correct incorrect