SOC 400 has been a very interesting class. I have learned several things from the text as well as from the discussion posts with classmates.
The first thing that really surprised me was the tone in text towards management. From chapter 1’s description of the history of worker exploitation, chapter 3 talking about bullying by supervisors, and chapter 5 talking about work overload among new grads, I thought the text painted a very negative picture of management’s role in the sociology of the workplace. As I am going to school to hopefully be one of those managers in the future, this is rather discouraging to know I will be considered the bad guy of the workplace.
Chapter 3 was the most important chapter as relating to my current work experience.
The first thing that really surprised me was the tone in text towards management. From chapter 1’s description of the history of worker exploitation, chapter 3 talking about bullying by supervisors, and chapter 5 talking about work overload among new grads, I thought the text painted a very negative picture of management’s role in the sociology of the workplace. As I am going to school to hopefully be one of those managers in the future, this is rather discouraging to know I will be considered the bad guy of the workplace.
Chapter 3 was the most important chapter as relating to my current work experience.