Formal Organizations
This is my term paper. The report must discuss the findings interviews with three individuals who have worked in formal organizations over an extended period of time (more than ten years). All three individuals should work in different organizations. They can be family members or family friends. By researching and writing this report you will learn how to interview people, analyze interview data to write a paper, learn about the working lives of people, and perhaps most importantly from an academic point of view learn abstract thinking as you relate your findings to the class materials (poor working class, sociological imagination , how labels affect life, the roles of female and male, social change, conformity and status). Questions and answers are not allowed in the paper. The findings must be summarized within the paper. The format of the report must be : beginning with. a introduction describing the respondents and their work , their trace of work history. What job did they first start out with? Did they change their career ? What different jobs they had ? Then discuss there current job. what they do at work? How do the work systems impede or helps them accomplish their work goals ? What are the difficulties they face at work ? Discuss their coworkers . How much cooperation do they get from coworkers ? How much of their work depends on coworkers contribution ? How much support they get from their supervisor ? How is there performance evaluated and does it affect their work and their future ? what factors motivate them ? what de motivates them ? what part of their job do they enjoy the most and the least.? what could be done to make their work a more enjoyable experience ? what could their organization or supervisors do to help them ? what stops the supervisors from helping them ? what are the turf issues ? what are their future plans ? will they change careers ? when do they plan to retire ? what will they do after they retire ? what are the similarities abs differences in the experiences of the three respondents ? you may add more questions. it is necessary to find common themes of sociology from work or other class materials in the data you give in the interview . Relate your findings to topics covered in sociology. Report should be full eight pages in length and doubled spaced.
