This paper will detail and observe the social dynamics within a kitchen in The Café restaurant. Although there are various levels, the focus is in the middle class of employees. Their social dynamic, how they interact with one another, will be compared to the employee ranking system to see if there are any major correlations. From the group, I want to see if there is any correlations between the Class groups and if gender plays any role in the social dynamic in the kitchen. This particular group was selected after careful consideration for a large group to observe and interview. This would allow for my varying interactions between people. It would also open the relationships to be less limited during observations. The Café’s background is essential …show more content…
The dates I visited included March 21st, April 8th, 11th, 18th, and 21st of this year. During this time I was able to observe for several hours and preform my interviews both personal and interpersonal. My first interview with Traci, a 42 year old female, works as a Class B employee that is on the cusp of a Class A employee rank. Her level within the kitchen is a DS4. Her hours are very flexible because she is taking classes at the University of Northern Colorado. She works weekdays from 7:00 am to 4:00pm. Her job within The Café is the production manager. She is in charge of keeping track of how much food is produced and what the counts are for estimated food consumption/waste. In the interview, she mentioned that she has been an employee for 10 years and has remained in the same position since she arrived. She explained the ranking system in depth to me so I could understand the dynamic a bit better. The Class A outrank every other class and are typically trying to run the show. “People go to them to get projects and problems resolved.” She also mentioned to me her how she feels the managers in Class A take things either to seriously when there is no need for some
...n educated in class. The only new information I encounter is the discrimination towards customers and harassment. Knowledge on how corporation runs and the liability I have already learned in class. What I take out of this interview is that by operating a restaurant and providing service to customers, the owner should always keep the customer’s comfort in mind. Beside the customer, they also need to mind the environment as to how the employee should act with one another; where no one experience threatens or uncomfortable towards each other. I do hope however that in class we will cover harassment but with the limited schedule it won’t be allow. However, the matter on Employment Discrimination will be discussed which is also a big deal in the work industry. Even Nori Nori has a policy that provides equal opportunity towards all current employees and future employees.
I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the training styles of my first interview with general manager Terrel from West Virginia 's Red Lobster. We began the interview with the recap of our first interview, which mainly focused on the training and development of future managers of Red Lobster restaurants. For this interview, I wanted to focus on the entire training process from a new employee to the general manager position.
The first interview I scheduled was with the Assistant Village Manager, Ms. Jablonski. We had a phone conversation that made it seem like she did not have time for the conversation. She had my questions ahead of time and was able to prepare. She mentioned that she was busy and only had twenty-five minutes to talk and said she would not have any other time to speak to me. I felt rushed and pressured to pick the most important questions from my list.
For my report, I observed the customers at a Starbucks in downtown St. Petersburg. Each time I visited this establishment, there were consistent factors as well as unique ones during each observation. The morning crowd of people was vastly different than the evening crowd. I did however see many parallels with the morning and lunch time crowd. Each time I visited, There seemed to be an upbeat and fast paced environment.
Students spend a huge chunk of their lives in classrooms; the type of classroom helps or hinders them in life. Each student and teacher have reciprocal power; "reciprocal power enables teachers and students to undermine any attempt at domination by a single person in the classroom" (Pauly, 57). Students often use reciprocal power when they want to disrupt the class, screaming that they do not want to be in the class or do not want to learn. It is the teachers ' job to take that power back and show the class who is in charge of the classroom before all mayhem breaks
McGee’s senior class is difficult because of the work of the class. The problem is not that the work is hard and difficult to understand, but
3. How do you feel this job might differ from that of one in a fast food restaurant?
Throughout the day’s observation, a plethora of sociological concepts become abundantly apparent. However, for the purpose of this paper, we will only focus on the day’s greatest prevalent concepts. The first concept that strikes as a significant sociological concept is family as it is the opening and closing concept of the day. Next, the concept of gender roles appears as important because of the masculine groups that are so prevalent during observation. Third, the theory of religion grabs its place in prevalence due to its ability to center and focus the entire day. Lastly, the concept of stage theory rears into the spot as a result of interactions in the work center. When reviewing these sociological concepts, it becomes abundantly clear
...ting them choose their own groups to be in during class, as offering multiple ways to complete projects, different assigned reading topics, and etc. The student can only get out of the class as much as they put in. Even though the students may wish the teachers would give less homework or let them read Sports Illustrated in class, there is a fine line between academic learning that incorporates “street smarts” and academic learning that lacks on the academic part. Teachers must insure their students are learning the required material and that they are not taking detours from learning about topics and ideas that students need to be successful after college.
By using observation methods, a wide variety of behavior can be recorded. Picking through the garbage on the side of the road can reveal behaviors of fast-food customers, or sitting for only one hour in the university canteen to understand the gender differences in choosing a diet meal, or even watching the customer’s behavior from deciding which yogurt to be taken off its store shelves in the supermarket can also answer the question: Are the customers attracted by its appearance or flavor or price or brand or nutrition? The aim of this observation assignment is to evaluate and explain the different types of interactions between individuals and groups present, as well as the environment in which these interactions take place. The field observation was conducted at the Vietnamese fast-food restaurant named “We love Banhmi” in Budapest, and the role adopted, was that of observer as a non-participant. Group structures as well as overall activity, patterns of behavior, and the duration and timing of such behaviors and interactions were observed and recorded.
For that, I interviewed my boss, Karen. I see her almost every work day but there were still many things I wanted to ask her about. I knew that she had been married to a man before she met her wife, and that she still had his last name even after separating and remarrying. I also knew that her father was a Methodist minister and performed her marriage ceremony back when he could’ve gotten in a lot of hot water for doing so. I knew that she was adopted, too. But the rest of her life, the in-between moments, were still a mystery to me. So, I really enjoyed that interview. As you can tell from the transcription, we laughed a lot and got along well. I think she felt comfortable and she told me later that she had enjoyed talking with me. I also came more prepared and with more questions. It was hard to do my initial research on my student interviewee because there wasn’t a lot of prior information that I could find about her. With Karen, I not only had my own prior information, but she is also easily found on the internet. A lot of that has to do with her age and the businesses she has been involved
Gender, as socially constructed differences between men and women and the beliefs and identities that support difference and inequality, is also present in all organizations (Gender & Society). It has been known that most women have continued to stick to the traditional jobs because it is just easier to do so. They do it to avoid any hardship in the work place and discrimination when applying for a job or working for a company. Non-traditional careers and jobs for woman are hard to find and when hired woman are segregated to the wage gap. Class relations in the workplace, such as supervisory practices or wage-setting processes, were shaped by gendered and sexualized attitudes and assumptions (Gender & Society). For example, in the work place managers were almost always men; the lower-level white-collar workers were always women (Gender &
STAFF STAY INTERVIEWS The February, 2017, stay interview calendar, and sign-in sheet is posted on the office door. I will continue have 30 minutes slots blocked to ensure timeliness of the meeting. Please schedule yourself accordingly as we move forward in completion.
My research location is one of the most popular coffee shop in the city which is Starbucks that located at California and Sprues street in San Francisco. I am interested in this topics because it controls my attention to keep watch what others are doing and what is going on near me. This topic has a potential sociological significant because coffee shop is one of the most popular places that many people want to go. Starbucks is a famous coffee shop in the United States that has many customers. The, majority of customers were students who carrying bags, holding lap tops and books as well as a big number of Sutter Health Hospital employees who wear their uniforms and looking in their break time. Also there were a group of police officers who