Introduction
Industrial sociology is a discipline which deals with study and
examination of interaction of human in technological change, globalization,
labor markets, work organization, and managerial practices. Industrial socio is
a comparatively new term which gained popularly about the middle of the 20st
Century. An independent branch of the Science of Sociology, the history of the
industrial sociology has been traced to trade studies introduced by Elton Mayo
and his associate between 1924 -32: Thus Elton Mayo; a known sociologist has
been identified as the father of Industrial sociology.
Meaning
The 'term’ industrial sociology includes two terms industry and
sociology. ‘The term Industrial means concerning the industry. The word
industry is derived from the Latin word 'industrial' which means
resourcefulness.
Definition
According to Miller "Industrial sociology is a
substantive area of general sociology which might more accurately be termed the
sociology of work organization or the sociology of economy".
According to I.H.Smith, "Industrial sociology is concerned
with industry as a social system, including those factors (technical, economic,
politic) which effect the structure, the functions and the changes in that
system.
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