Industrial Sociology

World of SOCOLOGY

12B1NHS831

Subject
Code
Credits
Faculty
(Names
)

Coordinator(
s)

Semester
Even

Semester
Session
Month from January- June

Contact Hours

Dr Sharmistha Bhattacharjee Mobile Number:

9999241045

Course Objectives:

1. To help the student to understand the overview of the industry in relation to social, political and
economic aspects operating in an industrial set up.
2. To enable the student to understand the industrial relations, inequalities laws and resolving
techniques of disputes pertaining to the industrial structure

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Course Outcome:

At the end of the course students will be able to:

1. Identify principles of Industrial Sociology and processes.
2.

Have an introductory knowledge of the methods and framework of Industrial organizations

3. Apply the theoretical knowledge to understand social problems related to the industry
4. Identify and prepare for difficulties in implementing change in the industry/plant/factory or
organizations
5. Understand the contemporary complex patterns of social behaviour and awareness of inequality
in an industrial society

Pattern of Examination

Exam

% of Marks

Duration

Coverage

T-1

20

1 hr

Syllabus covered up till T-1

T-2

20

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Industrial Visit , Group presentation

and Viva

T-3

35

2hrs

Full Syllabus

Assignments:
Article
Class
Internal
Reviews, Movie Participation: 5
Assessment Review 15 Attendance : 5 Entire Semester

Syllabus
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Module Subtitle of the

No.
Module

Topics in the module

Introduction to Industrial Sociology

Nature and type of Industrial Society

Scope and importance of the study of

3
5

Introduction

Ethics and Industrial

relations

Industrial Sociology.
Social Ethics and Industrial Relations

Power Structure

Power in Organizations

Coalitions

Politics

Labour Relations and

Welfare

Conflict and Processes

Labour characteristics in sociological

No. of
Lectures
for the
module
5

perspectives.

Worker, supervisor and authority relations.

Labour management relations : an overview

of industrial and labour relations

Industrial Dispute
Resolving
Measures

Labour Welfare
Conciliation, collective bargaining and

adjudication,
Joint management councils and quality
circles.

Trade union, its functions and participatory

management and housing and community

Labour Legislations

welfare.
:Factories Act Minimum Wage Act, Women
Labour ,Child Labour and Industrial Dispute
Act 1947

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Behavioural Aspects
and
Organizati
ons

Work and Employment

Racial & Ethnicity Inequality, Gender

Inequality Social Stratification and
Inequality, The Working Poor, Welfare and
Homelessness, Drugs Crime and Deviance,
Family, religion,

habitat, settlement and

environmental problems through

industrialization process and industrial
accidents and safety
8

Globalization and
Social Change

Organizations and Globalization,

Atomization-Computerization and its effects

on Industry

Work and Work Place

Work and Family

Total number of Lectures

40

Recommended Reading material:

Text Books

1. Etzioni A,1958 Industrial Sociology : The Study of Economic

Organizations ,Social Research Article
2. Watson,T ,(2008)Sociology, Work and Industry: Fifth edition 408 pages;
Routledge;

Reference book

1. Deshpande ,A,2010, Industrial Sociology,Sun India, New Delhi

2. Singh.P.A 2011, Industrial Sociology ,New Age International Publishers
,New Delhi
3. Prasad ,J,2009 Industrial Sociology ,Vayu Education of India, New Delhi
4. Mathur,
D,2010,
Industrial
Sociolgy
:Text
and
Practice
,Biztantra,dreamtech press, New Delhi.
5. Sivarethinamohan,R,2010Industrial Relations and Labour Welfare,PHI
Learning Pvt Limited, New Delhi
6. Schneider EV 1957 Industrial sociology, McGraw Hill, New York
7. Gisbert Pascal 1972 Fundamentals of Industrial Sociology, Tata McGraw
Hill,
8. Bombay.
9. Ramaswamy E R 1977 The worker and his union, Allied, New Delhi.
10. Ramaswamy E R 1978 Industrial relations in india, MacMillan, New Delhi.
11. Punekar S D etall 1978 Labour welfare, Trade union and Industrial
relations,
Hiamalaya Publishing House, Bombay.
12. Laxmanna C etall, 1990 Workers, Participation and Industrial democracy.
Ajantha
JIIT University, Noida

13. Publications, New Delhi.

14. Barbara Ehrenreich. 2002. Nickel and Dimed. Introduction, Chapters 1 and
2.
15. Charles Fishman. 2006. The Wal-Mart Effect. Chapters 1, 3, and 4.
16. David Mechanic, Sources of Power of Lower Participants in Complex
Organizations, Administrative Science Quarterly 7: 349-64

Dr Sharmistha Bhattacharjee

JIIT University, Noida