management — Either the process of supervision, control, and co ordination of productive activity in industrial and other formal organizations, or the persons performing these functions. As a process, management is conventionally divided into the line or… … Dictionary of sociology
SOCIOLOGY — as a field of intellectual endeavor is much older than sociology as an academic discipline. Modern sociology can be traced to the Scottish moralists such as Adam Ferguson, David Hume, Adam Smith, and possibly to Thomas Hobbes. The word sociology… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Management — in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading or… … Wikipedia
Sociology of knowledge — The Sociology of Knowledge is the study of the relationship between human thought and the social context within which it arises, and of the effects prevailing ideas have on societies. (Compare history of ideas.)The term first came into widespread … Wikipedia
Sociology of emotions — Emotions are on one hand constitutive of, embedded in, and on the other hand manipulated or instrumentalized by entities that are studied by sociology on a micro level, such as social roles and norms and feeling rules the everyday social… … Wikipedia
Management fad — The term management fad is used to characterize a change in philosophy or operations that sweeps through businesses and institutions. Some fads may become established aspects of business, sustaining themselves over several years. Others may… … Wikipedia
Management systems for road safety — Contents 1 Paradigms 2 National programs 3 Management systems 4 Semantics 5 References … Wikipedia
management of knowledge — A term used in the ‘new’ sociology of education in the 1970s to link the subject with sociologies of knowledge and power . It refers to the process by which schools and the educational curricula control what passes for valid knowledge, together… … Dictionary of sociology
Normalization (sociology) — Sociology … Wikipedia
Pure sociology — is a controversial but revolutionary fact|date=July 2008 approach developed by Donald Black as an alternative to the individualistic focus of virtually all previous theories and paradigms in the discipline. Initially developed to explain… … Wikipedia
industry, sociology of — A loosely defined, but well established sub specialism within sociology, which can trace its origins back to the discipline s founders. Its expansion in the twentieth century was encouraged by the hope of certain company managements , notably in… … Dictionary of sociology
