sociology.pdf sociology by An An Submission date: 15-Feb-2020 10:30AM (UTC-0500) Submission ID: 1257911151 File name: sociology.edited_2.docx (16.9K) Word count: 608 Character count: 3682 0% SIMILARITY INDEX 0% INTERNET SOURCES 0% PUBLICATIONS 0% STUDENT PAPERS Exclude quotes On Exclude bibliography On Exclude matches < 15 words sociology ORIGINALITY REPORT PRIMARY SOURCES sociologyby An AnsociologyORIGINALITY REPORTPRIMARY SOURCES sociology.edited (2).docx SOCIOLOGY IMAGINATION IN AN INTERCONNECTED WORLD 4 Sociology Imagination in an Interconnected World Student's name Instructor's name Course Date Sociology as a social science uses critical analysis and empirical investigation methods for an approach to probing questions arising from social concerns. An organization is a social unit structured and intended to carry out and pursue specific tasks. Therefore as an organizational leader, a sociological perspective has basically helped me better understand, social relationships, social behavior, social activities and social changes in an interconnected world (Perspective, 2020). In addition to that, it has helped me observe and obtain a better view of familiar, and unfamiliar social occurrences and thus understand and explain it better. In this study, we focus on the sociological viewpoint on human behavior, how theoretical paradigms of sociology can inform leadership and importance for understanding the global, diverse and interconnected world we operate in today. Human behavior is formed by groups of people living in a society. From the interactions that take place within these groups, a sociological perspective is important to elicit who we are as individuals and why we behave the way we do. This implies that we primarily initiate behavior and we can as well change the social patterns of behavior if we choose to. It also helps us appreciate other people’s viewpoints other than our own and the way these viewpoints were derived. Sociological imagination also helps us to think and perceive beyond our limited experiences from mere thinking of our families, friends, and colleagues to connect ourselves to higher patterns of social thinking. Theoretical paradigms of sociology forms a conceptual framework within which a society is guided into sociological imagination and research ("SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical Paradigms", 2020), It informs leadership on approach to social concern and issues in dimensions that a society is a system that is stable, changing, in conflict and as an interacting system. The evolutionary theory outlines the stages and phases of the developmental cycle a society .undergoes; from simple to complex society as a result of patterns of changes. This helps in understanding our society develop and grow and adaptive strategies required to suit it. A structural-functional paradigm views society as a complex system made of integrated parts that work together as one unit to promote the sta.

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3. Sociology as a social science uses critical analysis and
empirical investigation methods for an approach to probing
questions arising from social concerns. An organization is a
social unit structured and intended to carry out and pursue
specific tasks. Therefore as an organizational leader, a
sociological perspective has basically helped me better
understand, social relationships, social behavior, social
activities and social changes in an interconnected world
(Perspective, 2020). In addition to that, it has helped me
observe and obtain a better view of familiar, and unfamiliar
social occurrences and thus understand and explain it better. In
this study, we focus on the sociological viewpoint on human
behavior, how theoretical paradigms of sociology can inform
leadership and importance for understanding the global, diverse
and interconnected world we operate in today.
Human behavior is formed by groups of people living in a
society. From the interactions that take place within these
groups, a sociological perspective is important to elicit who we
are as individuals and why we behave the way we do. This
implies that we primarily initiate behavior and we can as well
change the social patterns of behavior if we choose to. It also
helps us appreciate other people’s viewpoints other than our
own and the way these viewpoints were derived.
Sociological imagination also helps us to think and perceive
beyond our limited experiences from mere thinking of our
families, friends, and colleagues to connect ourselves to higher
patterns of social thinking.
Theoretical paradigms of sociology forms a conceptual
framework within which a society is guided into sociological
imagination and research ("SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical
Paradigms", 2020), It informs leadership on approach to social
concern and issues in dimensions that a society is a system that
is stable, changing, in conflict and as an interacting system.
The evolutionary theory outlines the stages and phases of the
developmental cycle a society .undergoes; from simple to
complex society as a result of patterns of changes. This helps in

4. understanding our society develop and grow and adaptive
strategies required to suit it.
A structural-functional paradigm views society as a complex
system made of integrated parts that work together as one unit
to promote the stability and cohesion of an organization. Groups
in society must work harmoniously and in an orderly manner to
promote social ethics. This evidently shows a society, is formed
and directed by social structures.
The social-conflict paradigm envisions society as a conflicting
society generated from inequality, struggle for power and
wealth. This basically informs leadership that conflicts must
arise in an organization and requires that understanding that
from history it has been continuous and therefore always be
prepared to deal with the conflicts that may arise.
From research findings, today, there are various social issues
that are significantly affecting us globally which include
pollution, violence, lack of education, unemployment,
government corruption, terrorism, climatic changes affecting
food security among others (Project, 2020).
The above issues are important for understanding the global,
diverse and interconnected world we operate today, help us live
in a diverse world with understanding different social factors
affecting our everyday experiences and the functionality of the
real world to identify flaws. The sociological imagination is
therefore of great essence as far as them the interconnected
world is concerned and developing an organizational leader.
References
Perspective, S. (2020). Sociological Perspective | SUNY
Geneseo. Retrieved 15 February 2020, from
https://www.geneseo.edu/sociology/about

5. The project, B. (2020). Top 10 Most Important Current Global
Issues - The Borgen Project. Retrieved 15 February 2020, from
https://borgenproject.org/top-10-current-global-issues/
Sociology. (2020). Retrieved 15 February 2020, from
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology
SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical Paradigms. (2020). Retrieved 15
February 2020, from
https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/Czaricapusoo4/sociology-
theoretical-paradigms
You will prepare an essay of at least 500 words to
address the following: Now that you have developed
a sociological imagination, evaluate how this course
has better prepared you as an organizational leader
for an interconnected world. In addressing this
prompt, your essay must include the following
elements:
• Explain the sociological viewpoint on human
behavior.
• Describe how the theoretical paradigms of sociology
can inform leadership.
• Provide examples of research findings you read
about and explain why these findings are important
for understanding the global, diverse, and
interconnected world we operate in today.
• Follow the conventions for essay writing, including

6. an introduction with thesis statement, an essay
body, a conclusion, and a bibliography or works
cited page formatted according to an academic style
guide (e.g. MLA, APA, etc.)