SOC 340 - Sociology of Industry

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: SOC 151
Examination of industrial organizations and their environments. Production systems analyzed in terms of different forms of organization, e.g., bureaucratic, power-equilibrium, and worker-participation. Special attention paid to who defines production, how such definitions are legitimized, and how constraints are placed on such definitions by union and other political organizations.