social system Archives - Sociology Learners https://www.sociologylearners.com/tag/social-system/ Knowledge Bank of Sociology Fri, 12 Oct 2018 04:39:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 129612039 Social Organization https://www.sociologylearners.com/social-organization/ Fri, 12 Oct 2018 04:39:20 +0000 https://www.sociologylearners.com/?p=579 Every group, institution and social system with in a society is social organization. When people form a group by assigning different roles and statuses to achieve a specific objective or need is called social organization. In social organization each individual have different roles and responsibilities. Which are assigned to them according to their statuses. Social […]

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Every group, institution and social system with in a society is social organization. When people form a group by assigning different roles and statuses to achieve a specific objective or need is called social organization. In social organization each individual have different roles and responsibilities. Which are assigned to them according to their statuses. Social organization is created on the basis of social interaction and cooperation of individual with one another. Social organization create stability within a society. Society is always in changing state but the change is gradual, in majority of the cases. Change occurs due to the changing needs of individuals within a society. Due to the changes institutions adopt change as well. However if the change is rapid or revolutionary it will disorganize the societies or groups or institutions.  

Social organization is not limited to the group members’ cooperation and interaction. However, it is also the cooperation and interaction of social institutions. A stable functioning social system is the product of organization in social institutions. Let’s take an example of manufacturing company, each company has different units or department and they coordinate and cooperate with one another to achieve their objective. Therefore the manufacturing company is an organization. The cooperation and interaction of different units of social system, institution and group is known as social organization. When every individual within a group and institution perform its role is called social organization. on macro level when each institution perform its function and coordinate with other institutions for the achievement of its objective it’s known as organized social system or society.

Relationship Between Social Organization and Interaction

Social interaction is the building block of social organization. Without interaction social organization cannot be created. For an organized social system interaction between institutions is mandatory. For an organized social institution or group interaction between individuals and its unit is necessary. Like different parts of machine make it whole similarly, coordination and interaction of individuals and institutions make an organized society. All the associations, groups, institutions and social systems are the product of social interaction.

Social Organization and Social System

Social system is the product of interdependence of all functioning units or institutions. The different functions performed by institutions with the help and coordination of one another form social system. Social system is also social organization if all the parts of social system work well and interact with one another to achieve societal objectives. 

Correlation Between Social Organization and Roles and Statuses

As discussed above that when people come together to achieve specific objective, they assign different roles and statuses to a person which leads to the creation of group or an institution. The group is a social organization, where every member perform his or her role according to assigned status. With each status, certain roles are associated. Which have to be performed by the member of group holding that status. Same is in the case with social institutions each institution have their status and role. Each institution have to perform its role for the smooth function of institution and social system.   

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Elements of Social System https://www.sociologylearners.com/elements-of-social-system/ Sat, 24 Feb 2018 17:27:29 +0000 https://www.sociologylearners.com/?p=438 Social system refers to the groups and institutions of the society, which comprises of the following elements, norms, roles, status, Territoriality, end and objectives, rights and authority. Roles Each system has a role in the society, which aid in the functioning of society as whole, moreover, social system is the collective of individuals, each individual […]

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Social system refers to the groups and institutions of the society, which comprises of the following elements, norms, roles, status, Territoriality, end and objectives, rights and authority.

Roles

Each system has a role in the society, which aid in the functioning of society as whole, moreover, social system is the collective of individuals, each individual within a social system has different roles and responsibilities, which contribute in the stability of social system.

Status

Like roles and responsibilities each individual within a social system has a status. Each status of an individual is associated with roles and responsibilities. For example, the staff of college have their respective status as principle, teacher, administrator, accountant, coach etc. they all play different roles according to their status.

Authority

No system can function without authority; authority is also distributed among individuals according to their status. Like in cricket team the selection authority rests with selection committee, in school and college principle has authority of decision making and in family head of family has the authority of decision making. In each social system authority is given to an individual.

Rights

Every member of social system who follow the orders and perform their duties according to their status have rights.  

Norms

Norms define the code of conduct and rules of the social system. Without norms the social system will be disintegrated. It is the blueprint of conduct within the social system, which guide each individual within a social system.

Territoriality

Each social system has its space to conduct their business. It can be home or building depend on the type of social system and its operations.

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What is Social System? https://www.sociologylearners.com/what-is-social-system/ Sat, 24 Feb 2018 17:22:46 +0000 https://www.sociologylearners.com/?p=436 The emphasis of social system is on the interdependence of social phenomenon. Single social fact and phenomenon within a system is studied as whole. Social system functions when its elements are functional. Without its elements, social system cannot function. All the elements of the social system work as a unit. Family is a social system; […]

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The emphasis of social system is on the interdependence of social phenomenon. Single social fact and phenomenon within a system is studied as whole. Social system functions when its elements are functional. Without its elements, social system cannot function. All the elements of the social system work as a unit. Family is a social system; members of family are dependent on one another. They interact with each other often. Its members cannot function and survive alone, they can function together as a unit. Social system articulates the relationship bond amongst its members. The stability of the social system depends on the relationships of its members within. If the relationship is significant, it means the social system is stable, though if the relationship is insignificant than the social system is unstable.

Concrete social systems are formed by cooperation. Like football team, family, college, mosque, church, youth club, teachers association, labor association etc. members of such social systems cooperate, collude and participate for the prime purpose of attaining objectives. For example, teachers, students, principle board members and administration work together to make a system of college. A system is operated through a set of norms. These set of norms dictate the relationships and duties of the members of social system.

The members of social system interact with one another more frequently compare to the people outside the group. Social system creates a bond and sense of unity among the members. The sense of unity make them function as a unit.     

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Social Systems Classification https://www.sociologylearners.com/social-systems-classification/ Sat, 27 May 2017 08:19:25 +0000 https://www.sociologylearners.com/?p=163 “Herbert spencer” classified the social organization into, two types “militant society” and “industrial society”. In “Militant society” political organization is centralized and societal goal is concerning warfare and defense whereas, social goal of “industrial society” is production and delivering services, its political organization structure is decentralized. Herbert spencer theory of social evolution is based on […]

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“Herbert spencer” classified the social organization into, two types “militant society” and “industrial society”. In “Militant society” political organization is centralized and societal goal is concerning warfare and defense whereas, social goal of “industrial society” is production and delivering services, its political organization structure is decentralized. Herbert spencer theory of social evolution is based on the natural selection. He believed in the non-interference of state in sustaining and distributive systems of society. According to him, Centralized social system, hinders the social evolution. However, despite all the restrictions and laws industrial system has emerged and progressed. He argued that, government should not be involved in the regulation of market forces, for the reason that, it will limit the intellectual development of individuals in a society. The characteristics of “militant society” and “industrial society” are given below.

Characteristics of Militant Society

Social organization of militant society is centralized, communication, information, production, services and media every institution is under the regulatory authority of state. Dictatorship and monarchy are the examples of militant society. The prime objective of militant society is warfare and defense, society which do not have good relation with neighboring societies are turned into militant society. Militant society always have external and internal threat. Internal threat is from the individuals living in militant society because every aspect of their life is controlled by state. Individual do not possess the right of liberty in such society. As mentioned above that centralized social system is considered as obstacle in the evolution process and progress of society. Militant social organization is found in the early stages of social evolution. When the structure of society was simple. As the society moves towards, the advance stage of super organic evolution, its structure become more complex and decentralized, which is characterized by “Herbert spencer” as “industrial society”.

Characteristics of Industrial Society

“Industrial society” is decentralized social organization. In such type of social organization individuals have liberty and equal rights. Government do not involve in regulating markets and production units. Production units are utilized to satisfy the needs of individual by producing goods and services for them. However, in “militant society” industrial units are used to satisfy warfare needs. Industrial society is more progressive than “militant society”. Individual have free will to use their intellect and turn it in to something productive. In decentralized social organization people have equal opportunities whereas, in centralized system few people benefits by misuse of power.   

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