MEE 127

INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY

Prepared by- Md. Ferdous Alam, Lecturer, MEE, SUST

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Nature and scope of Industrial Sociology

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I am Karl Marx.
If you dont know
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Nature and scope of Industrial Sociology

Karl Marx Quotes:
1. The history of all previous societies has been
the history of class struggles.
2. Reason has always existed, but not always in a
reasonable form.

Nature and scope of Industrial Sociology

What is sociology ?

The science dealing with the origin,

evolution and development of human
society and its organization, institution
and functions, is known as Sociology.

Nature and scope of Industrial Sociology

Coming together to live in a group is the

compulsion of man, not his choice as there are
stronger animals than man.
The study dealing with requirements of men living
in group led to development of Sociology.
That is why man is popularly known as ------------

social animal

Nature and scope of Industrial Sociology

What is industry?
It is an economic activity concerned with
the processing of raw materials
and manufacture of goods in factories.
Or,
the application of complex and
sophisticated methods for the production
of economic goods and services

Nature and scope of Industrial Sociology

What is Industrial Sociology?

It is the application of sociological

approach to the reality and problems
of industry.
Keyword: Industry and Sociology

Nature and scope of Industrial Sociology

Industrial Sociology is a substantive

area of general sociology which might
more accurately be termed the sociology
of work organizations or sociology of
economy. D.C. Miller and W.H.
Form, Industrial Sociology, New York

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The Industrial Revolution

Importance of Industrial Sociology

Growth in service sectors

Industrialization
Modernization
Urbanization

Growth in service sectors

Business sector
Health care
Social Services

Industrialization

One society changes from

agricultural based society into one
based upon goods and
manufacturing.

Modernization

A society goes through industrialization,

urbanization and other social changes
that completely transforms the lives of
individuals. In other words, changing
from old machineries and management
method methods.

Urbanization
People migrate from rural to urban areas.

Growth in industrial productions

Growth in trade and commerce
Development in tourism industries
Growth in science, culture etc.

Psychology, Sociology & Economics

Why people behave as they do

--------------- is full of mystery

Sociology,
Psychology
and
Economics

Psychology

Industrial Psychology deals mostly with

individual and personal behavior and
problems, as selection of personnel, definition
of basic personal factors in job satisfaction,
internal work motivation, accident proneness,
etc.

Sociology

Industrial Sociology stresses, on the

contrary, the social or interactional
factors as industrial and human relations,
formal and informal organisation, team
work, communication, etc.

Economics

Economics is mainly concerned with the

traditional activities of production, distribution
and consumption, giving due significance to
the problems of finance, exchange, etc.
Profits, finance, monopoly, taxation, viability
etc., are the question raised by economists
without any emphasis given to human, social
or psychological aspects.