Sociology Report: Context, Social Behavior, and Power Dynamics

This report delves into Bent Flyvbjerg's perspective on the importance of context in understanding human behavior, arguing against the oversimplification of case studies and emphasizing the development of expertise through experience. It highlights the significance of social context in sociological studies, particularly in examining group dynamics using qualitative methods. The report also explores the sociological perspective, viewing discourse as intertwined with power structures within institutions and emphasizing the existence of collective tendencies. The analysis includes a case study illustrating issues of racism and sexism in the workplace, providing real-world examples of the concepts discussed. The report references key literature supporting these sociological arguments, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject matter.

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Believe of Bent Flyvbjerg
It is believed by Bent Flyvbjerg that context is central to explain human behaviour as
summarizing case studies is not always useful. In other words, the case studies at times might
be counterproductive. On the other hand, context-dependent knowledge shows how learning
is required to develop individuals from rule-based learners to prodigy experts (Flyvbjerg,
2014). It has been believed that context is central to comprehend regarding what exactly
social science is as well as what it could be.
Bent Flyvbjerg believes that scientific theorizing is fundamentally misguided in social
sciences as it is believed that science does not reach literature, art as well as narrative that
mostly help to understand the reality. In comparison to rational decision-making, instinctive
decision-making has been abandoned as an entity for scientific study. This is because science
has been intended to give emphasis to analytical consistency as its own tool (Flyvbjerg,
2013). The history that is related to science reflects that these queries are difficult to answer
as they are controversial. The controversy is due to some extent to the fact that besides
having primary methodological results, these questions deal with receptive aspects that
includes the status of social science compared with natural science.
Social context is imperative to study group dynamics using qualitative methods in sociology
as it helps to reflect on difference that exists between rule-based as well as experience-based
behaviour. This shows radical results that show the importance of using qualitative methods.
Sociological perspective
As per the sociological perspective, discourse has been viewed as embedded relation related
to power that takes place of those controlling institutions. The institutions include politics,
medicine, law as well as power. The sociological perspective shows that the existence of
collective tendencies is exterior to the individual. It shows how a society holds mechanical
solidarity jointly that reflects on a collective awareness with cruel punishment for divergence
from the custom (Thornhill, 2011). On the other hand, sociological perspective acts as a
science that endeavours the interpretive perceptive of social action in order by this means to
arrive at a fundamental rationalization of its course and consequences. Social action has been
oriented mutually to that of each other.

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The issue that is to be highlighted is related to racism as well as sexism. It has been
established that the son of a white manager forced one of the employee to check the
washroom immediately after he saw a Black male entered it. The white manager also
installed a CCTV camera to keep a continuous check on whomever his entering the office as
well as leaving it (Johnston, Sanscartier and Johnston, 2018). It was witnessed that the white
manager humiliated working mothers. These mothers did not have any choice to resign thus
continue working under him.

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References
Flyvbjerg, B., 2013. Quality control and due diligence in project management: Getting
decisions right by taking the outside view. International Journal of Project Management,
31(5), pp.760-774.
Flyvbjerg, B., 2014. What you should know about megaprojects and why: An overview.
Project management journal, 45(2), pp.6-19.
Johnston, M.S., Sanscartier, M.D. and Johnston, G., 2018. Dirty Work, Dirty Resistance:
Digital Warfare in the Era of Precarious Labor. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue
canadienne de sociologie, 55(2), pp.278-297.
Thornhill, C., 2011. A sociology of constitutions: constitutions and state legitimacy in
historical-sociological perspective. Cambridge University Press.