Practice Quiz: Secondary Organization. 

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1. An organization that provides health care to patients in return for a fixed annual fee.

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2. Weber's construct of a 'pure type', constructed by emphasizing logical or consistent traits of a given social item. The traits are defining ones, not necessarily desirable ones.

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3. A legally recognized organization set up for profit--the powers and liabilities of the organization are legally separate from the owners or the employees.

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4. An arrangement that allows employees to set their own schedules (starting and quitting time) whenever possible.


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5. According to C. Wright Mills the men in the highest positions of government, corporations and the military who hold enormous power in modern industrial societies.

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6. The specialization of work tasks or occupations. All societies have some division of labor based on age and sex.

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7. Criminal activities carried out by white-collar or professional workers in the course of their jobs.

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8. A situation in which a single producer dominates in a given industry or market

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9. Government institutions ruling over a given territory, whose authority is backed by law and the ability to use force.

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10. A business corporation that operates in two or more countries--also sometimes referred to as "transnational."

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