1. Social Theory @ Work

2. What is sociology?
What do sociologists do?

6. Detect the symbolic
value and socially
constructed nature
of everyday things

7. Why do people smoke?

10. omg wtf r u tinking gothz pwn punkz!!
lol dnt b dum im betr dan u
ayt ^5
btsoom

13. Be aware of the
external forces
‘shaping’ our lives (and
how individual choice is
often a function of
commmunity trends)

18. Balut

19. Detect power-plays
and ‘hidden’ conflicts

21. What is the
sociological difference?

23. What is the sociology (or
social theory) of work?

27. Textbooks & References

31. http://socio-keele12.blogspot.com

32. Key Questions
• How did organisations and institutions
‘come about’?
• What different kinds of organisations exist?
• How is stability and order maintained? How
do the authorities ‘dominate’ people and/or
establish ‘legitimacy’ for themselves?
• How do people interact and establish
norms, values, etc.? What everyday
realities are constucted?