Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Social Groups and Organization: McDonaldization

Well, you made it through exam 1 and we're marching onward.

Some men in class may feel out of place when we discuss Erving Goffman's Dramaturgical concept of face-saving behavior, so I'll balance it out. To the left is a picture of Cory McClenathan and I several years ago at Firebird Raceway during the Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals here in Phoenix. I went back again the following year and asked Cory to sign the picture (thanks, Cory!). At the time, Cory was driving the McDonald's Top Fuel Dragster. (You can see the characteristic "M" on the back of his pit crew member's shirt.) This is my not-so-stealth segway to our discussion of chapter 6 with George Ritzer's concept of McDonaldization.
For next class, read chapters 5 and 6 and review these links:


1. George Ritzer's McDonaldization of Society

2. Starbucks and McDonalds Global Penetration

3. George Ritzer talks about McDonaldization

4. Walt Disney cartoon: Pigs is Pigs (you will "get" bureaucracy when you see this!)

See you next class.

Christa