Sociology

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Full Name: DUONG THI THUY LINH

Student ID Number: 11040018

Cohort: SNHU 2011

Sociology is the scientific study of social life. It describes and analyses social behavior. It seeks to discover how human society has come to be the way it is, and reveal the social forces that shape people’s lives. As forces that influence people and help shape their lives. Society shapes what we do, how we do it, and how we understand what others do. The paths of our lives are not just determined by individual will or even individual effort. Sociologists try to identify the social processes and structures that both enable and constrain individuals to behave in certain ways. According to contemporary sociology, there are 3 basic approaches to theory building to reflect, to model or explain the social phenomenon that is: The structural-functional and The social-conflict. We can learn more about these two approaches through the analysis of software design and website company (TAVCO).

Firstly, the structural-functional approach culture as a complex strategy for meeting human needs. Functionalism interprets each part of society in terms of how it contributes to the stability of the whole society. Society is more than the sum of its parts; rather, each part of society is functional for the stability of the whole society. The different parts are primarily the institutions of society, each of which is organized to fill different needs and each of which has particular consequences for the form and shape of society. Functionalism emphasizes the consensus and order that exist in society, focusing on social stability and shared public values. From this perspective, disorganization in the system, such as deviant behavior, leads to change because societal components must adjust to achieve stability. When one part of the system is not working or is dysfunctional, it affects all other parts and creates social problems, which leads to social change. In this company, the company is...