Key words
Sociology
Objectives
An insight into sociological concepts and thinking
Overview of the main sociological theories
Topics
Introduction to sociology
Methods of research
Sociological paradigms: functionalism, structural-functionalism,symbolic-interactionism, system thinking
Role-function-position
Group, collectivity, category
Social interaction : interplay between roles, positions and systems
Sociology of organizations: bureaucracy, contingency theories, ecological theories, system thinking
Sociology of organization and management: organizational analysis, organization culture
Culture and society
Institutions
Social change in society
Modernism en post-modernism
Prerequisites
None
Final Objectives
Materials used
teacher's text - other text- and/or casebook(s)
Study costs
Copy costs
Study guidance
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Assessment
Closed book written examination: partly multiple choice, partly open questions
Lecturer(s)
Alex VANDERSTRAETEN
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