MEE 127 INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY

3 Hours/Week, 3 Credits

Nature, scope, aim and rise of industrial sociology. History of industrialization- ancient and modern. Early industrialization in India: arts and crafts. Renaissance: industrial revolution in Europe. The development of industry and industrial society in Bangladesh. The concept of work: work and art, nature of industrial work, work ideology, work values. Role of work in man's life: work and mental health, work attitudes, work involvement. The motivation to work, work satisfaction, commitment to industrial work, development and commitment of industrial labour force in Bangladesh. The worker and the factory: the factory system, its characteristics. The formal relations of production in the factory system. The industrial bureaucracy: the executive in the industrial bureaucracy. The role of the worker: industrial production and the worker's role, social relations at work. Management as a social elite.