Industrial Sociology in Africa
Foundations and Prospects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4251027 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Willie Smith (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-95 |
| Publication date | 1968-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00016682 |
| OpenAlex | W2161186235 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
How sensibly can one talk of industrial sociology in a non-industrial continent? Industrial sociology has been called the 'special' sociology whose task should be to carry through scientifically the analyses of the social relationships and interactions present within the industrial organisation in all its theoretical depth and breadth.1 Raif Dahrendorf, for instance, in Industrie und Betriebssoziologie (Berlin, 1962), whilst accepting industrial sociology as one of the 'special' sociologies, makes the reservation that it is concerned with the industrial society. But since the whole process of industrialisation was a historical one, the limitation of industrial sociology to any specific period must be an open question, especially since every kind of society requires the production of goods and services through industrial organisation. Elsewhere I have questioned the premises and validity of Dahrendorf's assertion;2 but it must be admitted that in its present form this special sociology has little or no meaning for the pre-industrial societies largely because they have not yet been exposed to it as a scientific tool. Nevertheless, sociological researches in pre-industrial societies can demonstrate the operational use of industrial sociological categories, such as performance efficiency and incentives, managerial techniques, industrial commitment, and the effect of industrial work on personality, as will be shown below by surveying the work of C. H. Northcott, W. Elkan, and Y. Glass in pre-industrial societies of Africa
Assertion · Economics · Economy · Epistemology · Industrial Revolution · Industrial society · Industrial sociology · Industrialisation · Management · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Post-industrial society · Reservation · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Anthropology · Computer Science · Engineering · Industrial relations · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Political Economy and Marxism · Industrial Relations
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 1983 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |