1. FUNCTIONALIST CHANGE -Natural function of everyone’s inherited abilities -The sum of a group is only as good as the quality of its parts -Society is cohesive and stable -Law, Order and Consensus prevails -Inequality is unavoidable -Too much change=Disorganization

2. FUNCTIONALIST CHANGE -Change must be slow and gradual -Change disrupts natural balance Characterizations conservative, homogeneous and idealistic

3. FUNCTIONALIST CHANGE Examples Henry Ford-Assembly Line Manufacturing Agricultural Towns of the Great Plains (IA, NE, KS) Country Clubs Institutions of Great Tradition (Harvard, Religions, Wall Street)