Steven Weber

Organizational Structure Organizational structure is “the way in which job tasks are formally divided, grouped, and coordinated (Robbins & Judge, 2009).” The success and development of the organization depends on how effective the way it was structured. Some organizations prefer to use different structures compared to other organizations for an array of reasons, such as: the size of the organization, the environmental factors the organization confronts, the type of industry the organization…

The use of technology is becoming increasingly apparent in todays elementary and high schools. Although technology and social media has many positive qualities, the shortcomings of this modern technology are putting adolescents lives at risk. Cyberbullying is an ongoing and increasingly problematic social issue in today’s society. Cyberbullying is “the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature” (“Oxford Dictionary”,…

Status can be interpreted in many different manners. To some status may be defined by wealth or assets, whereas to others status may be defined as the power and career one holds in society. Regardless of one’s present day definition of social status, the seventeenth-century definition of status as portrayed by Molière in The Would-Be Gentleman, is somewhat unique. Nobles such as Dorante, the bourgeois, or middle-class members of society such as Madame Jourdain and Monsieur Jourdain, and servants…

Social Identity Theory (SIT) developed from Tajfel’s work on intergroup processes which focused on the genesis of conflict between social groups, and the factors which influence support for, or attempts to change, established social hierarchies (Tajfel, Henri., & Turner, John C. 1979). In Social Identity Theory the self is reflexive in that I can take itself as an object and can categorize, classify, or name itself in particular ways in relation to other social categories or classifications.…

In an attempt to better explain social stratification, Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore proposed a theory. The Davis-Moore thesis is about social stratification which the textbook defines as “a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy” (Macionis, 2017, p. 215). This thesis states the importance of social stratification, even suggesting that it has valuable significance regarding how society functions. A key element of the Davis-Moore thesis is work positions. Many…

To reiterate, Durkheim believed that through the division of labor, solidarity arises within a society. Therefore, Durkheim argues that there are two types of solidarity which are mechanical and organic solidarity. According to Durkheim, mechanical solidarity is based on likeness. These societies are characterized by likeness, in which the people of society share similarities. For instance, Durkheim said that in early society, men and women were similar. They had similarities. Since during this…

1. Sociology is the scientific study of human life, groups, and societies (Giddens et al. pg 4). According to Sally Raskoff, “Sociology and other sciences can help us attain perspective about things we don’t understand” (Raskoff, par. 10). Sociology allows for individuals to apply theories and perspectives to understand why things happen, such as cyber bullying and suicide (Giddens et al. pg 9). Sociology also focuses on breaking free from personal situations and putting things into a wider…

Anderson’s Two Codes According to Henslin, sociology is the scientific study of society and human behavior. According to Doctor Heck, sociology is the scientific study of human social behavior; studies processes and patterns of individual and group interaction. Elijah Anderson, a leading sociologist in urban ethnography, is the author of the Code of the Street. Code of the Street is a book about the reason behind violence in inner-city black America and the code that regulates it. He starts by…

From many years of sociological research, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, three sociological theories have stood the test of time. These dominant theories are, the Structural-Functional Approach, the Social-Conflict Approach and the Symbolic-Interaction Approach. “Each sociological theory presented has a unique way of explaining social behaviour in the real world”. (Thiessen, 2017) These theories have all been developed by good sociologists; sociologists who remain objective and…

Emile Durkheim lived in France until the twentieth century. During this time Durkheim focused on social change and industrial society. He questions social order and was curious of how social order is achieved and maintained within social progress (Dillion, 2014). Durkheim is known for coming up with the discipline of sociology, he differentiated it from philosophy and psychology by focusing on the empirical research and social facts. Durkheim was one of the first to explain the existence and…