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This 3 page paper examines Max Weber's concept and applies it to the modern workplace. The idea of surveillance is related to the topic.
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increasing focus on specialized knowledge (Berry). Webers observation seem to be applicable to todays modern world. After all, there are an increasing number of jobs which require specialized knowledge. The
trend has created a situation where unemployment for professionals is high, or at least, it takes longer to transition to a new job. No one wants to hire someone with
a diverse background and in effect, the employee becomes a part of the machine. He or she is aligned with a particular type of knowledge and is not supposed to
go in another direction. There are many examples of what Weber talks about when he expounds on rationalization. Also, Berry adds that there are " improvements in the techniques of
calculation and measurement" as well as "a widening degree of control over natural and social phenomena" (Brubaker as cited in Berry). This control of which he speaks is clearly intertwined
with the new techniques he also mentions. It seems that surveillance is a part and parcel of this trend of rationality. And yet, as in any sociological analysis, one
will want to ask why. Why is there this change? McCormick observes that Webers theory of modernity is related to the "culmination of a rationalization process driven forward
by modern capitalism" (133). The answer is rather obvious. Capitalism is the culprit here. Surveillance is obviously for the benefit of the employer and the fact that modern inventions make
it easier for the boss to watch the employee provides momentum for change. Max Webers ideas on rationalization do support the concept of structured surveillance in the workplace. The
society has increasingly become colder and the workplace--though seemingly friendlier than ever--is quite different. One can see this paradigm shift of which Weber speaks in many public institutions such as
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