Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

important but different conceptions of society are gemeinschafts and gesellschafts. An example of a gemeinschaft would be the amish. In order for a part of society to be placed under this category, it must incorporate a community, or a group of people, that have strong personal relationships with one another as well as social ties with the entire community. Located primarily in Pennsylvania and other northern states the amish fit the definition of gemeinschaft based off the their unique type of lifestyle

Part A: What is the difference between normative and technical rationality? Moral dimension in leadership is depend on normative rationality. Normative rationality is a rationality based on what we believe and what we consider to be good. Technical rationality is a rationality based on what is effective and efficient. Both normative and technical rationality have value however when they are in conflict, normative rationality should always be used. Normative rationality is center of the moral dimension

Objective- Describe the features of organizations and bureaucracies- formal, informal, gendered, and network (Pages 179-195, 197). An organization is a collective purposely constructed to achieve particular ends (pg 179). Sociology deals with organizations largely because of Max Weber’s thinking on a specific type of organization, the bureaucracies (pg 179). A bureaucracy is a highly rational organization, especially one that is highly efficient (pg 179). In an ideal typical bureaucracy there

from the differences between the two to the wills that fuel them. Perhaps the main argument in the book is the differences between Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft, or Community and Society. Tonnies defines Gemeinschaft as a more intimate grouping of people who rely on each other and have shared goals that places emphasis on the cohesive unit. On the other hand, Gesellschaft is the impersonal grouping mainly found in city and urban areas. Societies are made up of people more interested in personal goals

of community. Meaning, the body of human beings generally, associated or viewed as members of a community. Amitai Etzioni in his article “The New Community” introduces and compares the ideas of two distinct types of social relations, “gemeinschaft” and “gesellschaft” and argues for the necessity of both to maintain the social foundations of morality. The

Throughout my life, I have been privileged to know a strong sense of community. My understanding of community has been carved out and shaped by each community that I have been a part of and the subsequent life experiences that I have had by being a part of these communities. To me, community means a sense of belonging with people who have some capacity of like-mindedness. When you belong to a community, you feel like a piece of a larger puzzle that comes together to create a whole. Each community

Most theorists agree that the expansion of modernity has resulted in the decline in the natural will-based type of community, and has paved the way for less of a need for the Gemeinschaft type of society and the rise the Gesellschaft association, in which the individuals engage in impersonal and contractual arrangements, rather than a meaningful, emotionally invested relationship with others. Modernity is intrinsically disorderly because it encourages individuals to experiment, to hope, to gamble

societies changed from rural and small to large, industrial and urban settings. German sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies wrote about the changes that took place as societies became urban. Tonnies wrote that there was a strong sense of community, or Gemeinschaft, is prevalent in traditional, rural areas. He believed that there was a strong sense of kinship, neighborhood and

attitude (Perez, 2014). This can be incorporated with the term “communitas” because it is the joining of people coming together and adapting to have similar values, beliefs and interests. The sport aspect of “communitas” can also be related to “gemeinschaft” and

Through Wal-Mart’s public relations campaigns, American society has revered and accepted the ideas of thrift as morally just because it presents the sense of upward mobility. The concepts of social theorist Ferdinand Tönnies in using both gemeinschaft and gesellschaft emphasize the connection of both community and modernity (Massengill, 2013, 77). Massengill is showing that Walmart is setup like any other society found in the US. For many people, the sense of community is easily understood because the