Each organization has its distinctive macro-culture. In addition, within larger organizations there may exist multiple micro-cultures based on position in the hierarchy, gender, race/ethnicity, age and longevity of service, etc. Please select for analysis in this prompt one cultural group from your organizational experience and analyze it using our text concepts. Examine the characteristics and behaviors of this cultural group. Hint: You may wish to identify a lunch group and describe what is going on at lunch in sociological terms. Prompt -Discuss how members of this group might have been the object of organizational discrimination, or felt discriminated against? -In your view, to what extent and in what ways are racism, genderism, ageism, classism, sex orientation, lookism, ethnocentrism, and other forms of discrimination and bias practiced in contemporary organizations? -Please provide an example or instance of organizational racism or discrimination that comes to mind, and analyze sociologically as do the text articles. -Have you experienced at your workplace any form of sensitivity training on race, gender or any other social factors? If so, what impact, if any did you feel on your personal attitudes and behaviors, and on those of colleagues who have had the same trainings? Do you feel that such trainings are beneficial, or not? The Textbook was not able to upload but here is the title and author if you have it or have access to it. Also the suggested readings are pg. 371-431 The Sociology of Organizations Classic, Contemporary, and Critical Readings Michael J Handel Also here are some suggested videos to also help with the assignment.
