McDonaldization

Last updated Aug 15, 2023

• Source: Sources/The McDonaldization of Education - the rise of slow - Essay
• Keywords: Cards/permanent notes
• Relevant Notes:
  • Cards/The cult of speed
  • Cards/The Slow movement

• coined by George Ritzer
• also known as “need for speed”
• the process by which the ==principles of the fast food industry are coming to dominate== more and more sectors of the world
• Four characteristics of this worldview:
  • Efficiency
  • Predictability
  • Calculability (quantifiable results)
  • Control (or at least the illusion of it)