Society & Public Service I Module 1 I Lesson 1 to 4
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Course Code: PASC 102
Course Title: Society and Public Service
Module 1: The Context of Sociology
Discussion: Lesson 1 to 4
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It is important to study sociology in public administration because in order to serve the people effectively we need to understand first how society works and if we want to have an idea about society we need sociology. Since public administration is all about serving the society, studying sociology will be a big help to understand the social behavior and the human society. Aside from that, if we have enough knowledge about sociology it will help us to implement policies, solve social conflicts and make a wise decision for the betterment of the society.
Studying sociology provides a better understanding of the following: Reasons for social differences, including differences in social behavior. Reasons for the differentials in group opportunities and outcomes. The relevance of social hierarchies and social power in everyday life.
It help us to understand ourselves better, since it examines how the
social world influences the way we think, feel, and act. Sociology helps public management to pay attention to social facts rather than relying solely on the research norms of data analysis, and help people to maintain and improve the existing social structure, social system, and reform of society.
Sociology is a study that deals with the system of society where in the behaviour of each individual is observed and evaluated. Sociology also focuses on all kinds of social interactions. And as the meaning implies, sociology is needed in Public Administration. Public Administration is the implementation of government policies; it plays a vital role in preparing government decisions and looks for possible consequences of policy, plans, and proposals. As Sociology studies the human society, through this public administrators will know what is needed to be implemented and programs to be done. Sociology is needed in Public Administration as it helps to establish scientific social knowledge from factual data that are needed to formulate policies and carry out service for the betterment of the public.
It will be easy for people to know social problems and finds solution quick. Since, sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior, public administration contains people that has connection to government and politics. A healthy administration can lead to a healthy society, public administration faced many issues and sociology will study it and create an effective development.
We need to study Sociology in Public Administration since public administrators and public servants will provide service and uphold public interest, Sociology is of help in planning and understanding our society which can be an advantage in solving problems and providing public services. Through Sociology we can use this, apply the learnings to obtain factual information and solutions on certain issues/problems in our society before taking initiatives, making our actions or plans successful.
Sociology helps public management to pay attention to social facts rather than relying on the research norms of data analysis and help people to maintain and improve existing social culture.
The importance of sociology is that it manages social communication and it study the interconnectedness of a group. Sociology is significant because of the fact that it also study human behavior and sociology in public administration will assist us in managing people's need and find how would we be able to deal with the government and how might we applied it viably and productivity to the publc government assistance.
We need to study sociology because it has an essential role in public administration. Facts about the society that we gained from sociology are great help in the decision making of public administration that is concern with the implementation of public policies to benefit the public, especially in solving social issues, for we know that sociology is concerned with social facts and man's relationship, social activities and social life, as well as it study different social issues. Sociology's purpose is to acquire knowledge about human society and with the help of Sociologists who conduct studies, so it guides the government in taking actions and the public administration that directs the government to help promote the welfare of the public, that is to know and exercise their rights and freedom such as to be protected, to be heard and informed, to be raised from poverty, the poor and the most vulnerable because of the programs of the government and others through the help of sociology.
Sociology is much impacted by information technologies, primarily in the scope and complexity of its research endeavors, but also in the manner of its teaching and the ways in which sociologists work.
Studying Sociology is relevant to public administration because it helps us to understand human society and how social system work. By studying sociology we, students, learn how to think critically about social issues and problems that confront our society. Therefore, as a public administration student who will soon work at the government or any non-profit organisation, studying Sociology helps us develop the leadership and management skills that we need to apply in our future career. To sum it up, we are preparing ourselves to better serve the public.
We need to study sociology in public administration because it is essential or necessary for us to understand as well as study sociology whenever or whatever our course are because in everything we do there's always a companion of sociology. Since, public administration is about public service that can be done in a community or society. We need to study and understand what sociology is for us to have a knowledge how the society or community works, how peoples inside the society interact, how can affect the
sociology in the community etc. , but not to fall as an sociologists either. We,as a future public servant, it is important to study sociology for us to be capable in providing possible solutions in different social problems rising in the society.
We all know that sociology help the public management to pay attention to social facts. Society deals with the social interaction of mans to its society. It is a social science that use various method of investigation and critical analysis to develop a body about the social order, disorder, and change. Subject matter range from macro level of systems and the social structures.
sociology is important because it deals with interactions in our society, we need to study this subject because Public administration we need to deal with different societies and people .
It is important because sociology deals with interactions and interconnected of a group activities. It will help as a public administrator to know the needs and how to approach the citizens. For better delivery of services to the people.
We need to study sociology for us to understand human society and the social system process. By studying sociology, we learn to analyze every social issues that are confronting our society. The concern of it is to understand the government policies and operation in our society. Also it will enable to gain a better understanding of the social forces and enhance our ability to be an active and informed citizen.
It is essential to study sociology in public administration because in public service, we need to have enough knowledge and understanding about the society for us to better deliver the services. Just like what you said sir, sociology is the study of human society and social behaviors where they gather factual information and identify social conflicts. These datas will be helpful in crafting policies and programs. It will serve as a guide on taking actions for the public. Government can never create such policies and programs without those studies.
We study sociology because as the word connotes. It is the study of the development structure of human society. Hence we have to study how behavioral and patterns run in the society where we are all actors in a very big stage where we act our roles the best we can.
We need to study sociology in Public administration to understand social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior to be able to know what certain policies, activities and programs to carry out and implement that is surely be followed and accepted by the society and to be able to respond to their needs and provide services effectively
Question: Why do we need to study sociology in Public Administration?
- We need to study sociology in public administration so that we could discover and find out what government can properly and successfully does and how it can do these things with utmost efficiency in the public's welfare. We,as a future public servant assist us to decipher various scheme in the society whereas social interactions is involved. Public administration has become an essential part of society and a dominant factor. It touches them every step. For most of their needs, the citizens depend upon public administration. Hence,the concern of academic inquiry would be to understand the impact of government policies and operations on society and also with the accommodation of sociology that critically analyses social facts, objectively and scientifically.
Sociology deals with the social interaction of man to its society, thus sociology need to study in public administration, because in public administration you will be dealing on different social institutions like church, school, work place, market and government. Those institutions has an important role in public administration
1. As far as theoritical value is concerned cosiology helps public management to establish scientific social knowledge, focus on public property in public management through sociological and anthropological analysis and use of various research methods to pay attention to public real life.
2. Sociologists studybcause and consequences of economic change in society this constantly engaged with all of the state in producing economic development and the role of economic change in distributingbpower among social actors. Development sociology investigates the practices and processes of social change in this sense the sociology of development addresses pressing intellectual challenges internal and international migration transformation of technological change economic growth and the production and economic inequality.
3. is the second type of deviant behavior involves violations of informal social norms. This act violating a social norms, a violation of economic social and cultural rights when a state fails in its obligation to ensure that they are enjoyed without discrimination, or in its obligation to respect protect and fulfill them often a violation of one of the rights is linked to a violation of other rights.
People must learn to respect cultural and racial differences in the
People must learn to respect cultutal and racial differences in the workplace. we must be professional in conduct and speech
Refuse to initiate participate or stop discrimination and harassment.
Avoid race based or culturally offensive humor or pranks.
It is important because sociology deals with interactions and interconnected of a group. It will help as a public administrator to know the needs and how to approach the citizens. For better delivery of services to the people.