Social Institutions and Social OrganizationsI. Social OrganizationsOutlineA. What are Social Organizations?B. Main FeaturesC. Operation of Social Organizations2. Social InstitutionsA. What are Social Institutions?B. Functions of Social InstitutionsC. InterdependenceSocial Institutions andSocial OrganizationsISS 215 Lecture 4I. Social OrganizationsOutline1. Social OrganizationsA. What are Social Organizations?B. Main FeaturesC. Operation of Social Organizations2. Social InstitutionsA. What are Social Institutions?B. FunctionsC. InterdependenceA. What are Social Organizations?Stable patterns of social relationships among individuals and groups in a societyB. Main FeaturesEstablished StructureCoordinated Functional ActivitiesThe End (The Results)Agents of OrderingHuman AgentsSocio-Cultural AgentsC. Operation of Social OrganizationsCreation of Human RelationsProvisions of Needs and WantsCreation and Maintenance of Social OrderPredictability2. Social InstitutionsA. What are Social Institutions?All the beliefs and all the modes of conduct instituted by the collectivity (Durkheim, 1938)Set of Rules and Regulations that govern human needsB. Functions of Social InstitutionsEconomic ActivitiesSocializationEducationSocial ControlReligionPreservation and Transmission of CultureC.
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