Assigned reading quiz #3_ Chpt 5_ Attempt review

Your manager asks you to create a new job position in your department and then hire someone to fill that position. What form of rationality will you likely rely on to complete this process? Select one: a. Bureaucratic rationality  b. Institutional rationality c. Economic rationality d. Technocratic rationality Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Bureaucratic rationality Economic, technocratic, and bureaucratic rationality are examples of what form of rationality? Select one: a. Embodied b. Practical reason c. Embedded d. Disembedded  e. Collective Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Disembedded Your friend recognizes that what constitutes appropriate clothing to wear for a job interview differs between a job at a bank versus a job at a tattoo parlour. What type of rationality is your friend exhibiting? Select one: a. Institutional rationality b. Bureaucratic rationality c. Situational rationality  d. Contextual (cultural) rationality Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is: Institutional rationality What is institutional rationality? Select one: a. Occurs when we assign reasons to other people’s actions in an attempt to make those actions understandable. b. What is rational can only be determined from within the social context (that is, culture) in which it occurs c. It governs what is rational within a sphere of human activity  d. It controls how individuals in organizations perform activities by defining and controlling knowledge Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: It governs what is rational within a sphere of human activity In this week's article, what is Dr. Donald Hopkins' primary goal regarding Guinea worm disease? a. Raising awareness b. Developing a vaccine c. Providing treatment options d. Eradication  Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Eradication There is a meningitis outbreak at a school in the city. Your friend has a school-aged child, and they pull them out of school even though their school has not been affected. When you ask why they pulled their child out of school even though no one has gotten sick at their school, they reply, "I was afraid for my child." What type of rationality was your friend exhibiting? Select one: a. Emotional rationality  b. Situational rationality c. Body rationality d. 'Irrational' subconscious Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Emotional rationality What is the definition of disembedded rationality? Select one: a. Presumes that truth is separate from human activity. That is, the truth is “out there,” and through the application of objective analyses, we can learn what those truths are.  b. It combines multiple forms of rationality to create deep, rich understandings of the world. c. It is through our bodies that we experience the world. Thus, understanding the world requires that we interpret our visceral, lived experiences. d. It describes how rationality operates in group settings. e. People embed truth in a specific social context. To learn what is rational, individuals must seek to understand the social environment in which they operate. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Presumes that truth is separate from human activity. That is, the truth is “out there,” and through the application of objective analyses, we can learn what those truths are. What is the definition of collective rationality? Select one: a. It describes how rationality operates in group settings.  b. It is through our bodies that we experience the world. Thus, understanding the world requires that we interpret our visceral, lived experiences. c. It combines multiple forms of rationality to create deep, rich understandings of the world. d. Presumes that truth is separate from human activity. That is, the truth is “out there,” and through the application of objective analyses, we can learn what those truths are. e. People embed truth in a specific social context. To learn what is rational, individuals must seek to understand the social environment in which they operate. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: It describes how rationality operates in group settings. What is collective reasoning? Select one: a. A form of rationality where individuals put forth ideas for public debate  b. Communicating what you feel to everyone in the social environment c. The knowledge that you gain through your senses d. The process of blending multiple rationalities to produce a solution to a problem e. This occurs when individuals make self-interested choices that add to other people's decisions to result in group action Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: A form of rationality where individuals put forth ideas for public debate Institutional, contextual (cultural), and situational rationality are examples of what form of rationality? Select one: a. Practical reason b. Embedded  c. Collective d. Disembedded e. Embodied Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Embedded