Sociology

Despite being the world's largest democracy, India's caste structure has resulted in a plethora of scandals. The caste system has been an integral part of Indian society for as long as anybody can remember. The "lower castes" were subjugated by the "upper castes" under this system. As a result, the Indian government implemented caste-based reservation in government positions and educational institutions in order to better the plight of the lower castes. But the question remains whether this has been useful or if it has resulted in the discrepancies being even more pronounced. Or maybe a reservation system based on income or economics is a better option? The caste-based quota system in India has sparked several discussions, conflicts, and riots. Some people are in favour of the programme, while others are against it. Supporters of the system believe it can protect and uplift society's weaker people. Opponents, on the other hand, said that caste-based quot...

People from various origins, social groupings, and countries have varying levels of health. Unavoidable health inequities are defined and distinguished in this article, as are unjust and preventable health inequities. We discuss the dimensions along which health inequalities are routinely studied, including across the global population, between nations or states, and within geographies, using socially relevant groups like race/ethnicity, gender, education, caste, income, occupation, and more. Psychosocial, material deprivation, health behaviour, environmental, and selection explanations are all used to try to explain group-level disparities in health. Understanding health inequalities requires an understanding of concepts such as relative versus absolute, dose–response versus threshold, composition versus context, place versus space, the life course perspective on health, causal pathways to health, conditional health effects, and group-level versus individual differences. Finally, we a...

Organizational changes have a significant impact on the entire company. Organizational transformation can take many forms, including major changes in employees, corporate goals, service offerings, and operations. It refers to a company's efforts to modify a fundamental aspect of its business, such as its mindset, technology, infrastructure, or internal processes. By outlining the types of organisational changes you will be making, you can build a plan for keeping your employees informed. To ensure that your staff has the resources it needs to maintain high morale and assist with the shift, you can gather feedback and then make changes to your process improvement approach. Any change that affects the business/overall organization's working and routine is referred to as organisational change. Now, such a change can be detrimental to the organisation or advantageous; it all relies on the 'impact' of the change, as described above .  But one thing is certain: no matter how ...

Role Taking  Role taking is a circumstance in which a person imagines himself in the shoes of others in order to reflect on his own behaviour. Humans can put themselves in other people's shoes and predict their conduct, which leads to the development of self-awareness. From a sociological and psychological standpoint, the concepts of role taking and role playing are also very similar. Role taking or role playing is when a person takes on or acquires the role of someone in a particular status. 'Two youngsters playing Doctor-Doctor' is one of the most basic examples. We can see that one child is playing the role of a doctor, which is a certain position, while the other youngster is playing the role of a patient. Before role-playing, both of them should be aware of what they should do and how they should act in their respective roles of Doctor and Patient. Role Conflict We all have different roles in everyday life. We are employees, parents, wives, children in the home, peer b...

Social Groups To a considerable part, man's life is a group life. When a person lives in society, he is usually a member of a number of organisations, each of which might be considered a society in and of itself. A group is a collection of people who have formed an affiliation with one another. A clique of friends, a political party, and a sports club are examples some typical groups. The concept of association is crucial in understanding the nature of human grouping. Individual members form and maintain groups because they enable them to achieve similar aims or interests. The groups to which we belong determine our social behaviour and personalities. Individuals are members of numerous groups throughout their lives; some are selected by them, while others are allocated to them at birth. The complicated pattern of the 'social structure' is made up of groups. Society is made up of groups. Meaning of Social Groups:  A social group is made up of two or more people who interact...

ORGANISATION: A structured and managed group of people who work together to address a need or achieve a common objective. To put it another way, a group of people comes together for a same goal or purpose. CULTURE: Something made up of the society's people's beliefs, ideologies, principles, and values It influences how individuals think and act. Meaning of Organisation Culture: The underlying beliefs, assumptions, values, and methods of interacting that contribute to an organization's unique social and psychological environment are defined as organisational culture. Organizational culture covers an organization's expectations, experiences, philosophy, and values that guide member behaviour, and it shows up in member self-image, internal workings, interactions with the outside world, and future expectations. Shared attitudes, ideas, rituals, and written and unwritten rules that have evolved over time and are acknowledged as valid characterise culture (The Business Dictio...

Dove is an American brand that has expanded beyond the usual boundaries and goals of selling personal hygien+e, self-care, and beauty items to its clients. Because of its strong marketing efforts and techniques, this brand has gained a lot of popularity among many households. It can be found in over 150 countries throughout the world. It primarily serves the entire family, including women, men, and even babies. This organisation is known for the mild, delicate, and graceful image it has imprinted on the minds of its clients over a 60-65-year span. Dove is owned by UNILEVER, a well-known and successful American brand. Dove was created in 1955, but Unilever was already profiting handsomely from its pre-existing brand 'LUX,' which was also a highly well-known and profitable brand that you would have heard of. So adding Dove into the market was essentially generating self-rivalry, which may have harmed Unilever. It was not an easy decision, but it was able to develop its own market...

Consumer behaviour is defined as "the mental and social cycles individuals go through in the acquisition, use, and removal of things," according to certain definitions. Customers purchase products to achieve a specific goal. Objectives are desired outcomes that are thought to be attainable. Customers buy items for the sole purpose of utilizing the capacity they should fulfil in a narrow utilitarian sense. Customers, on the other hand, buy most items not only for their utilitarian value, but also to convey something about themselves to others; they serve as an identity function. When we study consumer psychology, we learn about a variety of issues such as how, when, why, and in what manner a consumer would behave when purchasing a specific product. There are a variety of factors that influence customer purchasing decisions, but one of the most important is social influence. Consumer decision-making is heavily influenced by social influence, but who are the consumers? Consumers...

The Santal, or Santhal, are an ethnic group local to India and Bangladesh in South Asia. Santals are the biggest clan in the Jharkhand territory of India. The Santals generally speak Santali, the most generally discussed Munda dialect. The word 'Santal' is derived from two words; Santa which means quiet and tranquil, and ala signifying man. In the past, the Santals were having a migrant existence. Later they came to settle down in the Chotanagpur plateau. The Santhals also go by the name "Hor." The group loves to dwell near rivers and forests on the outskirts. They are animalists, and their favourite pastimes include hunting and fishing. The tribe worships Thakurjiu, an old divinity, and Maranburu, the parental protector. Their traditional weapons are bows and arrows, and the majority of Santhals work in agriculture and labour. History and Cultural Relations  The Santals are thought to have originated in the Champa Kingdom of northern Cambodia, which explains their af...

Modern Times directed, written and starred by Charlie Chaplin is a 1936 comedy. It is considered of his great films. The film shows a fine line between a slapstick and satire, additionally it give discourse of the socio-economic component of the American society in 30's in ascent of industrialization and impact of the Great Depression. In spite of prior doubt shown by individuals for his "films with messages", Modern Times turns the table at which Chaplin got status of an International figure. In first segment of the film, it shows the predominance of innovation on the general public, how man is compelled to fit around machines in the advanced society. The topic of Technology entrapping and subjugating man is communicated in the initial piece of the film, which happens in an industrial facility where every one of the laborers are observed by the Giant Orwellian screens. Individuals works there at speed of machines and which is changed a few times to make comic impact whic...