As part of the special sociologies the industrial sociology concerns itself with the study of the reciprocal effects between industrial companies and societies, the social structure and dynamics of industrial companies and in the historical in addition, development context with the emergence and the effects of the industrialization.

Contrary to the industrial sociology the operating sociology concerns itself with social structures in achievement organizations with economic purpose. It does not put thus so large attention to reciprocal effects between organization and society separates actually focuses the organization.

A generic term occasionally which can be found is restaurant economics. It covers the industrie and operating sociology, the market sociology, the consumer sociology, the sociology of the trade unions, the cooperative, as well as subranges of the agrarian sociology, the organization sociology and other relevant special sociologies.

Development and beginnings

If the development of the industrial sociology was first strongly coined/shaped by the socio-political discussion around the new industrielle production order and their consequences, then a transition of an adjustment with effect intention carried out itself to pure fact analysis with the demarcation of the general sociology of the historical and social philosophy. On these analyzed facts concrete operational or socio-political measures can be suggested or set. The operating sociology developed however from the argument with the economic management, which was predominantly dominated by efficiency criteria (see in addition also Taylorismus). Promoted by the increasing social and anchorage pertaining to labour law of labor management relations pursues the operating sociology less than the industrial sociology a point of view of the pure fact analysis.

Where do industrie and operating sociology

A clear fixing of the boundaries between industrie and operating sociology is not always meaningful and possible for two reasons: On the one hand a close relationship between the problems of the totalsocial structural changes exists to an industrial company. On the other hand the classification of humans into the rationalized industrial company with all its resulting consequences in organizational and social view does not permit a clear separation. To consider however that the "“industrial sociology"” examines also non-operational features, for instance the socialpsychological component of the "“industrialization"” (also the "“De-Industralisierung"”) remains as attitude (attitude); on the other hand there are numerous not nichtindustrielle of enterprises (e.g. farms, crafts enterprises, kindergartens, hospitals, gangs of robbers).

Research directions

Operating sociology

With respect to the operating sociology the following research directions can be differentiated:

• The human relationModel
• The formal organizational theory
• The Personality and organization Theory
• The Industrial relation model

Industrial sociology

The industrial sociology is occupied in addition with:

• Questions of the making and authority conditions in the industrial company
• Organization and group structures in the Industriebtrieb and their effects on humans
• The relationship of the industrial company to its environment
• On level of the development sociology with the question about conditions and possible consequences of a as socially as possible compatible and ecologically adapted industrialization in development companies.
• On the level of the social participants with the attitudes to industrial companies and - work (it is e.g. still whole uncommonly, normal, becoming outdated)

See also: Work sociology

Literature

• E. Rosenstock Huessy, workshop evacuation. Investigations on the habitat of the industrial worker, ([1922], reproduction 1997) ISBN 3-87067-629-9
• H. Schelsky: Industrie and operating sociology, in: C. Jantke, A. Gehlen, H. Schelsky: Sociology, Diederichs publishing house 1955, ISBN B0000BO1WI
• W. Burisch: Industrie and operating sociology, Berlin/New York: de Gruyter 1969.
• C. German man: Post office postindustrielle industrial sociology, (Juventa publishing house) 2002, ISBN 3779914719
• Juri 2004: Work councils in role conflicts. Operatingpolitical thinking between CO management and counterweight. Rainer Hampp publishing house, ISBN 3-87988-800-0.

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