SCOPE OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY

SCOPE OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY

i.        It studies industries and the process of industrialization historically.

ii.      They try to look at the role of the state in the industrial development – what role does the state play in industrial development? Government makes policies to cater for industrialization. Sometimes government make embargo of some certain products to help the local industries flourish. It provides loans to industries; the educational system provides knowledge to enhance industrialization.

iii.    It also looks at the influences of both physical and social environment to industrial development and vice-versa.

iv.   It is interested with labour and management and the totality of all the relationship that people entered in workplace which could either is formal or informal; it could come in form of horizontal relationship or vertical relationship. it tries to understand the motivations given to workers and how the workers responds to such motivations

v.     It looks at workers outside the working place; apart from the work place, the workers belongs to other places too e.g. family, peer groups etc. what are the workers’ roles in such places and how does it affects his or her performance in the work place.