Syllabus (SOCIOLOGY)
Course Type: MAJ-14
Semester: 8
Course Code: BSOCMAJ14T
Course Title: Sociology of Work
(L-P-Tu): 3-0-1
Credit: 4
Practical/Theory: Theory
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to ensure students have a broader understanding of work and occupations from a sociological perspective, and prepare students for more advanced and independent study in this area. The paper tries to identify and analyse the
Learning Outcome: 1. Understanding the complex interplay between work and social life. 2. To address contemporary issues like unpaid work, gender, forced labour and hazardous work that have created work related social inequality in society.
Contents of the Course
- Sociological Meaning and Historical Perspective of Work
- Forms of Industrial Culture and Organisation
Industrialism, Post- industrial Society, Information society
- Sectors and Industry (Indian and global context)
Concept, types, emergence and growth
- Organisations
Types, structure, nature, relationships
- Work and Labour
Informal and formal
Feminisation of Work
Paid and unpaid Labour
Changing labour profile
- Industrial Risk and Management of Risk
Readings and Reference
- Volti, Rudi. 2011. An Introduction to the Sociology of Work and Occupation.Sage Publications (Pages 1-16, 19-35).
- Grint, Keith. 2005. The Sociology of Work: An Introduction. Polity Press: Cambridge.
- Ramaswamy E. A and Uma Ramaswamy. 1981. Industry and Labour. New Delhi: Oxford University Press (pages 33-65)
- Bell, Daniel. 1976. The Coming of Post-Industrial society. London: Heineman.
- Kumar, Krishan. 1999. From Post-Industrial to Post –Modern Society. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
- Edgell, Stephen. 2006. The Sociology of Work: Continuity and Change in Unpaid Work.New Delhi: Sage. (pages 153-181)
- Erikson, K and S.P. Vallas (eds.) The Nature of Work: Sociological Perspectives, Yale University Press
- Breman, Jan. 2003. “The Informal Sector” In Veena Das (ed.) The Oxford Indian Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, pp1287-1312. New Delhi: OUP
- MollonaMassimiliano, Neve Geert De and Parry Jonathan (ed. 2009) Industrial Work and Life:An Anthropological Reader, London: Berg
- Godwyn, Mary and Gittellhoffer Jody 2011. Sociology of Organizations Structures and Relationships, Sage.
- Morgan, Gareth. Images of Organizations. 1998. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
- Tatia, Ratan Raj. 2010 Elements of Industrial Hazards: Health, Safety, Environment and Loss Prevention. Routledge.
- Purkait, Mihir Kumar, Mondal, Piyal, Changmai, Murchana, VolliVikranth. 2021 Hazards and Safety in Process Industries: Case Studies. Routledge.
- Suzman, James. 2020. Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the age of robots. Penguin Random House.
Basic Features
Undergraduate degree programmes of either 3 or 4-year duration, with multiple entry and exit points and re-entry options, with appropriate certifications such as:
- UG certificate after completing 1 year (2 semesters with 40 Credits + 1 Summer course of 4 credits) of study,
- UG diploma after 2 years (4 semesters with 80 Credits + 1 Summer course of 4 credits) of study,
- Bachelor’s degree after a 3-year (6 semesters with 120 credits) programme of study,
- 4-year bachelor’s degree (Honours) after eight semesters (with 170 Credits) programme of study.
- 4-year bachelor’s degree (Honours with Research) if the student completes a rigorous research project (of 12 Credits) in their major area(s) of study in the 8th semester.
Note: The eligibility condition of doing the UG degree (Honours with Research) is- minimum75% marks to be obtained in the first six semesters.
- The students can make an exit after securing UG Certificate/ UG Diploma and are allowed to re-enter the degree programme within three years and complete the degree programme within the stipulated maximum period of seven years.
