Pbog 50 days to save the planet 9 2012
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This document outlines Clive Burgess's research on informal organizations and sociological concepts. It discusses developing a conceptual model to study informal networks through interpretive interaction, social-political activities, teamwork, and an ergonomic perspective. It proposes using action science methodology involving participant observation, induction, and empirical generalism to study everyday living. The document provides examples of areas of research including the sociocultural impacts of disability from war injuries and technological advances. It frames the research within concepts of relationships, case studies, and coping mechanisms within systems like education, employment, health, housing, communities, and energy.
![50 Days to Save the Planet
My Sociological Footprint
[4. The Essence of the Materialist Conception of History.
Social Being and Social Consciousness]
The fact is, therefore, that definite individuals who are productively
active in a definite way enter into these definite social and political
relations. Empirical observation must in each separate instance bring
out empirically, and without any mystification and speculation, the
connection of the social and political structure with production. The
social structure and the State are continually evolving out of the life-
process of definite individuals, but of individuals, not as they may
appear in their own or other people’s imagination, but as they really
are; i.e. as they operate, produce materially, and hence as they work
under definite material limits, presuppositions and conditions
independent of their will.
Karl Marx.
The German Ideology. 1845
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Pbog 50 days to save the planet 9 2012
- 1. 50 Days to Save the Planet My Sociological Footprint A working hypothesis by Clive Burgess October 2012 My global perspective ➔ One World ~ Many People with different cultures Curious... looking beyond the obvious at the bigger picture ~ developing a cultural model ISTE Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012
- 2. 50 Days to Save the Planet My Sociological Footprint The story so far... ● Developing a new conceptual model ● Gathering the information & data ● Seeking out the inner connections ● Strategy – Interpretive Interaction ● Methodology – Research Practice Schematic ● Ergonomic perspective ● Socio-political activities ● Teamwork – informal networks Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012
- 3. 50 Days to Save the Planet My Sociological Footprint [4. The Essence of the Materialist Conception of History. Social Being and Social Consciousness] The fact is, therefore, that definite individuals who are productively active in a definite way enter into these definite social and political relations. Empirical observation must in each separate instance bring out empirically, and without any mystification and speculation, the connection of the social and political structure with production. The social structure and the State are continually evolving out of the life- process of definite individuals, but of individuals, not as they may appear in their own or other people’s imagination, but as they really are; i.e. as they operate, produce materially, and hence as they work under definite material limits, presuppositions and conditions independent of their will. Karl Marx. The German Ideology. 1845 Clive Burgess ©2012
- 4. 50 Days to Save the Planet My Sociological Footprint Strategy – interpretive interaction “Although thought maybe seen by some as subjective, it is the actions one takes by using ones own definition of the situation and the social relationships between the interactions of the participants and how others respond to the actions taken, which create socially real consequences...” Clive Burgess 13th July 2005 Clive Burgess ©2012
- 5. 50 Days to Save the Planet My Sociological Footprint ISTE the sociology of informal organisational life The four elements... ➔ Interpretive Interaction ➔ Social Political Activities ➔ Teamwork – informal/formal organisation ➔ Ergonomic perspective Action Science ~ Participant Observation Informal Organisation: Role Play Coping Mechanisms Clive Burgess ©2012
- 6. 50 Days to Save the Planet My Sociological Footprint My new framework to conduct my social research on informal organisations will look something like this... ethnography – social construction of culture ➔ Interpretive (Interpretive Interaction) → Plan 'the definition of the situation' → Ethnomethodology → looking at cultural means ➔ Social-political (Ethico-political) → Patterns of Behaviour 'this is how it's done round here' 'the politics of everyday life' ➔ Teamwork → Rational Organisation 'We want this person to this that way, and that person to do that this way and so on' → Division of Labour → Division of effort ➔ Ergonomics → 'we want you to do this with these in this way to protect our health and safety' ... ➔ Using means as such as people's bodies (health) and physical means such as fork-lift trucks (safety) according to cultural norms laws etc Clive Burgess ©2012
- 7. 50 Days to Save the Planet Methodology Action Science Research Practice Participant Observation Theory Induction ~ Informal Logic Reduction Conceptual ~ Fuzzy Logic ~ Evidence “Doing things” Model Social Research Write it up PLAN DO Empirical Generalism CHECK Hypothesis ACT REFLECT Everyday Living Presentation Critique Adapted from Richard Johnson Model in Making Histories ● Preparation. Incubation, Illumination, Verification Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012 Graham Wallis The Art of Thought 1950
- 8. Research Practice - 13th October 2012 Stuff taken from learnt experience and practice ➔ Customer Focused ➔ Coaching ➔ Self-managed Teams ➔ Person Centred Counselling Sustainable Development – Basic Elements Behavioural Health and Safety Behavioural Economics – 'Climate Change' Cognitive Ergonomics Time, Stress and Crises Management Risk Management Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012
- 9. 50 Days to Save the Planet Society & Relationships Society = the sum total of or an ensemble of social relationships... How do you define 'social' relationships? A 'relationship' is a quality which can be stated only of two or more entities together where each refers to the other, not of some single thing. 'Social' relationships are where some entity recognized as being 'social' that is people, organisations or societies, are constantly in interaction with each other at some level or another Relationships may be physical, biological, social or cultural. Example Physical: Cup and Saucer... Biological: Bird and an egg... Social: Husband and Wife... or Home and Work... Cultural: A noun and a verb Clive Burgess 2010 Clive Burgess ©2012
- 10. 50 Days to Save the Planet Relationships Relationships Activities carried on in relationships A relationship is an interaction between two people... a husband and a wife is a home relationship … a boss and a worker is a work relationship an interrelationship strictly speaking is a relationship between two relationships A relationship between two relationships:...eg relationships in the home between husband and wife and relationships at work between a boss and a worker Interrelationships are therefore relationships between relationships... a woman as a worker at work and the woman as a wife at home By extension intra-relationships is an activity carried on within a relationship for example the wife having sex with the husband but not with her boss that would be extra-relationships... Clive Burgess 2010 Clive Burgess ©2012
- 11. 50 Days to Save the Planet Case Study Case Study ~War ~ Armed Forces ~ Disability ~ Effects on culture
- 12. Research Practice - 13th October 2012 ● Outcome of mornings work Case Study ~War ~ Armed Forces ~ Disability ~ Effects on culture Social History of Paralympics in relation to the first world war, compared with war injuries to limbs produced by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Socio-political – Corporate War Globalisation: Compare Advanced Nations with Developing Nation ~ Advantages in technological advances give disabled service personnel in the Western World in comparison with those with limb injures sustain by people in Africa etc from land mines and wars in their countries etc ATOS ~ Arms length governmental departments – cost control and work in practice Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012
- 13. Research Practice - 13th October 2012 Ergonomics – technical advances in medical science Cultural impact – changing culture ~ the way we read, write, etc Biological injuries ~ different types and severity Physical use of the means ~ advances in bio-mechanics & equipment Social environment – Sustainable Development model Teamwork ~ Acceptance in Society ~ 'One' supported by many , working together to support disabled personnel ~Armed Forces personnel, Medical technicians, Bio-Mechanical technicians, Planners & Designers, Social workers, Doctors, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Researchers, Counsellors, Support workers, Housing officers,Families, volunteers. Media research ~ Network Multimedia ~ Use of documentaries on TV, stuff on radio, newspapers, journals, blogs, social networks Use value~ could this model be used: How would it advance 'adaptability' for technological equipment & culture in relation to 'climate change' and how others see 'climate change'? Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012
- 14. 50 Days to Save the Planet Areas of Research Coping Mechanisms The environment we find ourselves in EDUCATION HOUSING HEALTH & WELLBEING EMPLOYMENT BUILT ENVIRONMENT Includes: Costs escalating Public & Affordable Welfare – Social Services Wages dropping Housing National Health Service COMMUNITIES National Care Service Hubs, Cluster Prison Services -Probation Incubators ENERGY Pensions cut or reduced Networks Includes: Child Poverty Target Changed TRANSPORT Fuel Security Prices increased INFRASTRUCTURE Fuel Poverty Target Changed ENVIRIONMENT Roads, Rail Includes: Sea & Air INTERNATIONAL Fresh water NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTMENT Flood defence Includes: Tobin Tax Food production Armed Forces Over seas Forests & Woodlands Police, Fire, Ambulance, Development Coastline Coastal Services Waste Management Socio-political activities & structure Funding Cut ECONOMY Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012
- 15. ISTE The Sociology of Informal Organisational Life Conceptual Models Under Construction October 2012 Clive Burgess Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012
- 16. ISTE – Informal Action Science Organisational Life Conceptual Participant Observation Model INTERPRETIVE SOCIAL INTERACTION POLITICAL . ERGONOMICS TEAMWORK HISTORY ISTE The sociology of informal organisational life Clive Burgess ©Oct 2012
- 17. Informal Organisational Life or not as the case may be ISTE The Sociology of Informal organisational life Cope with Cope with Everyday Life Social Interactions Self-Control Coping Mechanisms INTERPRETIVE SOCIAL INTERACTION POLITICAL Roles and Responsibilities Cope with Alienation Cope with using Technology . Role Distance Bullying Stress Substance Abuse Blaming EGONOMICS Suicide TEAMWORK Human Factor HISTORY Cope with Instructions Cope with Cope with Cope with Communication Everyday Risks Technological processes Information & Data Working Together Clive Burgess & Colin Burgess ©Oct 2012
- 18. ISTE – Informal ASPECTS Organisational Life INTERPRETIVE SOCIAL INTERACTION POLITICAL ERGONOMICS TEAMWORK Clive Burgess Copyright September 2012
- 19. ISTE – Informal Organisational Life SOCIAL Norms INTERPRETIVE SOCIAL INTERACTION POLITICAL ERGONOMICS TEAMWORK HISTORY ISTE The Sociology of Clive Burgess Copyright September 2012 Informal Life
- 20. ISTE – Informal PRACTICES Organisational Life INTERPRETIVE SOCIAL INTERACTION POLITICAL ERGONOMICS TEAMWORK HISTORY ISTE The Sociology of Clive Burgess Copyright September 2012 Informal Life
- 21. ISTE – Informal Organisational Life Processes AGENCY INTERPRETIVE SOCIAL INTERACTION POLITICAL 'Definition of the ERGONOMICS Situation' TEAMWORK HISTORY ISTE The Sociology of Clive Burgess Copyright September 2012 Informal Life
- 22. ISTE – Informal Processes: Organisational Life Politics of Everyday Life INTERPRETIVE Conversation SOCIAL INTERACTION POLITICAL Roles & Responsibilities ERGONOMICS 'This is how it's done TEAMWORK around here' ISTE HISTORY The Sociology of Informal Life The Situation Clive Burgess Copyright September 2012
- 23. ISTE – Informal Processes Organisational Life 'We want this person to this that way,and that INTERPRETIVE person to do that this way SOCIAL INTERACTION and so on' POLITICAL ERGONOMICS TEAMWORK (division of effort) ISTE Structure HISTORY The Sociology of Informal Life Clive Burgess Copyright September 2012
- 24. ISTE – Informal Processes Organisational Life 'We want you to do this INTERPRETIVE with these in this way to SOCIAL INTERACTION protect our health and POLITICAL safety' ERGONOMICS TEAMWORK ISTE HISTORY The Sociology of Informal Life Clive Burgess Copyright September 2012
- 25. 50 Days to Save the Planet My Sociological Footprint A working hypothesis by Clive Burgess October 2012 My global perspective ➔ One World ~ Many People with different cultures Curious... looking beyond the obvious at the bigger picture ~ find the inner connections ~ different by design Clive Burgess ©2012