Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Symbolic Interactionism, Occupational Segregation, Order Theory
30 Jan 2013
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Work-> activity that makes physical materials, services or mental ideas more useful. Humans conceptualize the end of the product before even beginning. Humans create things through thought and not instinct. Earliest human societies division of labor classified through gender/age. In agrarian (farming) societies division of labour classified by also class and social status (particularly in feudal system) Industrial societies individuals much more dependant on eachother. Industrial society has complex division of labor (production divided among many people) Many people don"t have a say over work-> concern for many people. Durkheim said division of labor would lead to anomie (people feel a sense of normlessness) The rise of scientific management and fordism: Study led to a system of people working in a very repetitive manner-> aimed at controlling actions for maximum input. Fordism-> mass production for a mass market. Only works when products are standardized, doesn"t work for production in small numbers. Unions/individual workers rejected this kind of work.
