Social system

About: Social system is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2974 publications have been published within this topic receiving 92395 citations.

Ethics and Crime in Business Firms: Organizational Culture and the Impact of Anomie

Abstract: Business crime has captured America’s attention. Even in the business community itself, the tremendous social costs of corporate wrongdoing have finally begun to be recognized. By introducing theories of causation and deterrence, conceptual models of white-collar and organizational wrongdoing can provide the foundation for designing more effective measures of social control. This chapter introduces such a model, proposing a link between social values, management strategy, organizational culture, and criminal conduct in business firms. Employees in instrumental climates may be particularly prone to the type of psychological responses. The chapter analyzes culture at the organizational as well as the societal level. Merton emphasized that anomie theory, as a sociological formulation, focused on explaining varying rates of deviance between social systems with varying degrees of anomie. Merton’s anomie theory and its related formulations have inspired an extensive critical literature—one of the liveliest dialogues in the history of the social sciences.

The brand as a social system of interpenetration : conceptualizing brand through communications

Abstract: In this thesis I address oversights in the socio-cultural understanding of the brand by demonstrating the failings of three prevailing views. First, the brand is commonly captured through two dimensions: the functional and the symbolic. This conception results from an oscillation between two distinct worldviews: the material and the communicative. Second, the brand is conceptualized as the direct result of the motives of individuals, who are not reflexive of broader socio-cultural formations. Third, the brand is portrayed as a commercial entity that is coupled with a single ideology for competitive advantage. However, the multi-dimensional brand is neither essentially economic nor culturally one dimensional. Using Niklas Luhmann’s social systems theory, I observe communications media and the brand as self-reproductive social systems. Merging his methodology of functional analysis with Michel Foucault’s archaeology, I analyze the relevant academic literature and subject an actual brand to empirical examination. Herein I show how communication technologies and media make up ‘the communications system’, through which the society is not simply communicated but is created. Like all social phenomena, the brand as a social system (and its meanings) arises within the communications system by observing itself in relevant communicative events. The self-reproductive brand system exists within society by differentiating itself from its environment comprised of disparate social systems. The brand interpenetrates and then differentiates from each of these environmental systems via a particular distinction. The plurality and the interplay of these diverse distinctions enable the brand system. In turn, the brand as a social system of interpenetration fulfils its macro function in society by translating and synchronising these otherwise detached social systems. By understanding this broader societal function of the brand and its resulting dispositions, marketers can elevate their micro perspective in relation to a long-term macro view and thereby better guide the brand.

The Sick-Role Concept

Abstract: Over three decades ago, Parsons elaborated a model of how societies operate and continue to exist. His structural—functional approach is concerned with how different parts of society relate to each other and contribute to a state of equilibrium. Although the approach focuses on the maintenance of social systems, the individual is not entirely excluded from his analysis. Through a process of socialization, individuals learn to share similar normative expectations for behavior in a variety of different social positions or roles. The social system, which is a network of roles, functions smoothly only insofar as persons perform their roles adequately. Deviation from the normal performance of these roles can become a threat to the stability of society. Given the potential negative consequences of role deviance, social control mechanisms arise to minimize its occurrence.

Computational social science and intelligence analysis

Abstract: Computational Social Science (CSS) is an emerging, interdisciplinary approach to the study of social systems This chapter provides readers with an introduction to CSS, and discusses why examining the behavior of individuals and groups in social systems from an algorithmic perspective provides new and exciting analytic opportunities for the Intelligence Community and analytic tradecraft Through the use of artificial societies, commonly referred to as Agent-Based Models (ABMs), intelligence analysts can improve strategic intelligence assessments by capitalizing on the scientific and tradecraft merits of computational simulation

The system as a socio-cultural phenomenon philosophy of management

Abstract: Introduction. The relevance of the article topic is due to the fact that we live in a systemic revolution of society, its political, economic and social subsystems. The deep nature of the phenomenon of the system is not fully understood, and traditional management methods are unable to cope with the growing complexity, dynamism and systems instability. Purpose and methods. The purpose of the article is a theoretical analysis of the phenomenon of the system in the context of the system paradigm of management philosophy as a meta science, which allows to significantly expand the horizons of the managers vision of public organizations in terms of increasing international interdependence. The methodological basis of the study is the dialectical principle of cognition, systemic, historical, philosophical approaches to the study of organizational phenomena and processes in society. Results. The history of system ideas development has been investigated. The existing methodological approaches to defining the essence of the phenomenon “system” have been analyzed. The essence, role and significance of the system philosophy of management, its key aspects and worldview paradigms have been revealed. A conceptual approach to the typology of social systems has been proposed. The basic principles of construction and functioning of social systems in the context of the system philosophy of effective management aimed at preserving the integrity and viability of systems have been substantiated. Conclusions. The scientific novelty of the research results is the deepening of theoretical positions on the system and system philosophy of management, the holistic view development of this complex organizational and philosophical problem and substantiation of approaches to solving its ontological, epistemological and value-semantic aspects. The practical significance of the obtained results is manifested in the possibility of their use in the management of social systems and in supplementing the general theory of systems and philosophy of management with new provisions on systemic as the basis of the modern concept in management