Social Organization and Social Process
Social Organization and Social Process

Author: Anselm Leonard Strauss

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published:

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9780202369051

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The essays gathered in this volume contain analyses based on the general action perspective of Chicago sociology and, in particular, on the contributions of Anselm L. Strauss, whose lengthy achievement this volume honors.

Social Organization and Social Process
Social Organization and Social Process

Author: Anselm L. Strauss

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780202303901

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The essays gathered in this volume contain analyses based on the general action perspective of Chicago sociology and, in particular, on the contributions of Anselm L. Strauss, whose lengthy achievement this volume honors.

On Self and Social Organization
On Self and Social Organization

Author: Charles Horton Cooley

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1998-10-15

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780226115085

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This te×t presents a collection of Charles Horton Cooley's work, a contribution to the history of ideas - especially to the origin of modern sociological theory - but also to the late-1990s public debate on civil society, community, and democracy.

Innovation and Social Process
Innovation and Social Process

Author: Louis G. Tornatzky

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 148314982X

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Innovation and Social Process: A National Experiment in Implementing Social Technology discusses concerns, design, and methodologies of an experiment that deals with society's perception of innovation. Comprised of 11 chapters, the book first provides an overview of innovation, change, and problems of implementation; social process; and social innovation. The third chapter covers the methods of designing an experiment in organizational innovation, while the fourth chapter tackles participative decision making and innovation, and the fifth chapter tackles organization development and the implementation of an innovation. Chapter 6 deals with indigenous introduction and innovation; Chapter 7 on the other hand discusses promoting innovation communication through print. Chapter 8 talks about a case study of bureaucratic entrepreneurship, while Chapter 9 tackles site visits and innovation processes. The tenth chapter discusses perils of change agent training, and the last chapter provides an overview of the previous chapters. The book will be of great interest to researchers in the fields of psychology and sociology, since it provides a behavioral overview of society's reaction to innovation.