Tuesday 16 November 2010

A focus on the workgroup, notes from trowler book

The missing level of analysis is the meso level, as opposed to institution or individual. But this is simply a choice, by looking at this you are not fundermentally changing the nature of what you are looking at on the level of the 'figure' and its 'ground'
In looking at the individual, you recognise, explore and record the context.

Structure and agency in workgroups
Socialisation of teachers and lectures is very strong. They come with ready made symbols , guiding metaphors and beliefs that are hard to change. [entwistle et al 2000]

Here is a useful reference of the idea of institutionalisation berger and luckman 1967. 'gradual hardening of behaviour into taken-for-granted patterns'

Pp24
'the interaction between structure and agency, between forces in social life which impose regularity on our behaviour and our ability to operate freely is what giddens calls 'structuration'.' .... 'people are carriers and creators of webs of meaning'

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