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Max Weber, a German social historian, is considered to be the founding father of bureaucracy and defines bureaucracy as the ideal and rational method of organisation, hence the most efficient way of conducting business. Weber built his model on four factors: functional specialisation, hierarchy of authority, a system of rules and impersonality (Weber, 1947) and formulated the concept of bureaucracy as a response to the inadequacies found in earlier forms of organisational structure. Weber…

Social class is an important dimension of social organization and division. Yet different scholars have very distinct understandings of the meaning of social class, how it should be studied, and how it is related to the broader social order. Choose at least two scholars and analyze their conceptions of social class. What do their conceptions have in common? How are they different? Which understanding of social class is most useful for understanding the dynamics of stratification in contemporary…

Many sociologists and theorists are interested in understanding the concept of social stratification. This essay will be discussing the different perspectives of inequality of the two most acknowledged sociologists of 19th century, Karl Marx and Max Weber. Moreover, it will analyze which of these theories are more relevant with the contemporary world. I will be first examining the viewpoint of Marx and then would be analyzing Weber’s take on this. Marx, a conflict theorist, bases his analysis…

this theory are George Herbert Mead, John Deywey, William James and Charles S.Peirce. These theorists exclaim that all the living beings try to make physical adjustment with their surrounding environment. Though Symbolic Interactionism originated by Max Weber’s expression that every individual acts according to what they perceive from the world, it was George Herbert Mead who established this theory in America in 1920s. This theory examines the society by the exclaiming the meanings that the…

classes effect individuals. Emile Durkheim 1858-1917 was a functionalist who focused on industrialisation and the division of labour and their impact on social cohesion. Durkheim saw society as an organic model where all separate parts served a function. Max Weber 1864-1920 focused on secularisation and the effects of the individuals of rationalisation within society. He believed that people were trapped in an iron cage of…

) Identify the work. Who is the artist? The title? The date? Do you know the medium that was used? Artist: Nathan Oliveira Title: Stage #2 with Bed Date: 1967 Medium: Oil 2) If the artist is known, are we aware of anything about the artist's life or personality that may have affected his/her creation of the work? Nathan Joseph Mendonca Roderick, born in Oakland in Dec 1928, was the only child of Elvera Furtado and Joseph Roderick, natives of Portugal whose short-lived marriage was shattered…

Capitalism, for decade’s historians basically fell into one of two camps. One either followed the concept of enlightened self-interest put forth by Adam Smith, or the Karl Marx’s cycle of production and exploitation. Either way, the history of capitalism was thought to be a settled issue. A system that could be universally explained by looking at one theory or the other, but above all it was profit based, mechanical, and boring. However, in the past decade there has been a shift in the way…

Where Can We Put Phenomenology, Logical Positivism, and Critical Theory in The Urban Planning Context? This short paper addresses the evolution of social inquiry in the planning actions. To shed some light on the social inquiry subject and its development in the planning field Logical Positivism, Phenomenology, and Critical Theory approaches will be examined in detail. These three perspectives will be compared and contrasted in each other to obtain similarities and differences in what is seen as…

Transactional Leadership Transactional Leadership was first introduced by Max Weber in 1947 and later by Bernard Bass in the 1980’s. Transactional leadership came about because prior leadership was based on traits and situations; scholars realized that sometimes leaders need to be more contingent on rewards and punishment in order to get things done (Day & Antonakis, 2012). Weber (1947) stated that transactional leaders were bureaucratic and sought change in their work environment through…

Introduction to Political Sociology Political sociology is a broad discipline and interrelated with several areas including sociology, political science, history and economics etc. It is basically the study of power and relationships between society, state, citizenships, political participation and their socio-political interactions. It has specifically focused on the questions about the nature of power, development of states, sources of political changes, idea of citizenship and notion of…