Compare and contrast Marx and Weber's theories of social.
Process theories are applied to human motivation to explain why human beings need change when they have been in place for too long. Process theories include expectancy theory, equity theory, reinforcement theory and goal setting theory. These theories mainly dwell on cognizant human decision processes in order to explain motivation. They all seek to explain how an individual can be energized.
Three such theories of society can be found with reference to the basis of society: a society based on order and love as exemplified by Plato; a society based on social contract and rights as seen in the writings of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau; and a society based on conflict and economics as seen in Marx. Plato expresses his views on society at greatest length in The Republic in which.
Society members are experiencing physiological change, the constant interactions between these members also modify expectations and attitudes, and at the same time new knowledge is continually being acquired and transmitted. Social change can therefore, be described as the structural alteration of the current social, political and economic arrangement, for the purpose of establishing a more.
Pearson views social change as a process of social evolution from simple to a more complex form of society. He regards changes in adaptation as a major driving force of social change. Human beings are always involved in the process of adaptation along the changes in their natural, social, cultural, economic and political conditions and in the process, social change comes over a period of time.
Whether we focus our theories of society on conflict or integration, class stratification or solidarity, exploitation of labour or norms and values, we have much to compare and contrast to. Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim have presented much thought, two views to think about and work around. Today’s modern societies owe much to them!
How can society change in such of a harmful way?And why are we just standing by and letting it happen? More and more people are trying to do better for society, but is it really enough that the statistics of today are so out of hand? It seems that technology has changed society for the worse, but technology is not all to blame, it’s the way we use is and frankly, I think were using it for.
Change management means to plan, initiate, realize, control, and finally stabilize change processes on both, corporate and personal level. Change may cover such diverse problems as for example strategic direction or personal development programs for staffs. In this section, several theories of change will be discussed to improve our understanding of change management in theory and practice.