The McDonaldization of Society

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George Ritzer came up with the phrase “McDonaldization” to describe the extreme rationalization that our society has become accustomed to. Drive throughs, assembly lines, ATM’s, packaged salads, or, even, salad bars or buffets. Efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control are the four main parts of McDonaldization that require for it to work. With McDonaldization, anything can be rationalized and it continues to be rationalized until each task is broken down until it is the smallest, most

is most known for his concept of McDonaldization. His ideas are based upon Weber’s idea of rationalization, the historical process by which nature, society, and individual action are increasingly mastered by an orientation to planning, technical procedure and rational action; through the eyes of the fast food industry. McDonaldization is the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest if the world

relates that to McDonaldization. According to George Ritzer, McDonaldization "is the process by which principles of fast food restaurants have to come to dominate virtually every aspect of society.” He uses the example McDonalds and other fast foods such as Wendys, Domino, Burger King, etc that offers a different way of labor intensive. The reason why it has been so compelling is because it is so convenient and affordable. These reasons make it easy and important for our society

Rationalization and McDonaldization Bureaucracy is the structure, and set of regulations in place to control activity, usually in large organizations and government. It is represented by standardized procedure (rule-following), formal division of powers, hierarchy, and relationships. In practice the interpretation and execution of policy can lead to informal influence. Bureaucracy is a concept in sociology and political science referring to the way that the administrative execution and enforcement

According to Weber, rationalization refers to the process by which modern society has increasingly become concerned with efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control (Weber 2009). This leads to behaviors that are guided by reason and practicality. In the film Food, Inc. (2008), the owners of the meat companies wanted to produce their products in a rational manor. The film portrays the side of the food industry that the companies do not want the consumers to see. Although this rationalization

Globalization: McDonaldization or IKEAization? According to Merriam-Webster, Globalization was first known to be used in 1951 and can be described by “the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.). Over the centuries, globalization in reference to connectivity has dramatically increased throughout the globe in economics and cultural life. The transmission

McDonaldization is a modern day application of sociologist Max Weber's perspective on rationality. Rationality is defined as "the process by which traditional methods of social organization, characterized by informality and spontaneity, are gradually replaced by efficiently administered formal rules and procedures" (Textbook 134). George Ritzer developed the name McDonaldization as he studied the popular fast food restaurant and the techniques used for rationalizing the food industry. According to

world as a whole has developed drastically with innovations and technologies but has also limited and kept societies from advancing. This article will emphasize important aspects of globalization and how these concepts

Today in our modern society, technology has become such an important part of our lives, that it has even become part of our language, as certain aspects of modern day technology are being used as adjectives and verbs. One example is ‘Googling’, or when was the last time you ‘Googled’ some information. In our modern society, trends and technology become such a large part of everyday life that people start to use them as verbs and adjectives. For example, when 's the last time you 'Googled ' something