The study of sociology, the science of society, helps in understanding society extensively. Sociology as an academic discipline arose in the first half of 19th century as a special science dedicated to unravel the fundamental laws governing the societal phenomena and human social relationships with primary interest in analyzing the problems and societies of the modern and industrialized societies of western world. Today, this discipline has been recognized as one of major concerns in the fields of humanities, management, medicine, and other areas of study.
Management students learning this discipline have a great advantage of gaining fresh insights and practical benefits in their personal lives and professional practices. Hence the book aims to provide a systematic introduction to sociology to the students of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), BBA-BI (Bachelor of Business Administration- Banking and Insurance), and Bachelor of Public Health (BPH) of Pokhara University; BBA and Bachelor of Business Management (BBM), Bachelor of Arts (BA) and MA (Master of Arts) of Tribhuvan University (TU); to those who work in several NGOs and INGOs; and to officials related to development work; and the general readers to know more about the social phenomena.
This book presents the basic ideas and foundations of sociology through an argument of various sociological variables, terms, terminology and subject matter. The book includes, besides an introduction to sociology, basic sociological ideas like society, culture, norms, values group. It comprises of social institution like religion, family and others which help the readers understand more about existing social structure. More importantly, the book has tried to explain the basic sociological theories, social change and some emerging social perception, understanding on sexuality, crime and deviance. Moreover, Max Weber’s theory of bureaucracy, group and group behaviour, sociology theories of organization are dealt in detail in this book so that the readers can entail a nexus between sociology and management and basic sociological tenet.