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Insights into sociology Part 2 (The social importance of work (Quality of …
Insights into sociology Part 2
Case Studies Page 32-34
Renewable Energy Debate
• Some misleading numbers from Irvin Jim
• Latest bid window 4 prices on average R0.70 to R 0.80 per kWh
• Irvin Jim quotes R2.22, which was around the Bid Window 1 prices
• State Run vs Private Run
• New Jobs vs Old Jobs
• Bid Window Price Information
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Gender differentiation
Differences between male and female across whole range of social life
Difference starts from infancy
Women in South Africa earn 27% less than men on average
Education levels
• Females had greater success in university studies (88% vs 84% for engineering
modules)
Higher education enrolment RSA
Reasons put forward for Gender Gap
Discrimination
• Professions that women choose
Decisions to raise children and thus impede career
Women in engineering – social pressure
Challenge is to portray engineering as a
human act for humans not as cold technology (Dr. Michael Dack)
The engineering profession has been run by men for men
Redefining engineering
Emphasis on constructions and concurring while problems of operation
chemical and environmental engineering the
proportion of well targeted female engineers have been high
Woman, more confident with their interpersonal skills
people orientated careers and if they continue to see it the way men
apparently do, will have a bias against us” Prince (1992)
Engineers and social class
• In France, Germany and USA engineers enjoy a higher social status
Britain and Australia there is a surprisingly widely held prejudice
against applied technical activity
The social importance of work
Satisfactory work
personal growth for the fulfilment of the individuals potentialities as
a human being
helps establish relationships with the natural world and other
people in society
seek some control over the pace and general organization of the work system that affect them
Quality of
work
Work often fails to address needs of employees
Noisy environment, repetitive and trivial tasks set to
be performed at managements pace
•Design work (and workplaces) to be more fulfilling
Engineers to appreciate how awful they can be for the
workers involved
Unemployment
Cost individual: income, standard of living, self‐esteem, self‐confidence,
marketable skills, social isolation, increased poverty and ill health
• Impact on community: consumer spending, taxing revenues, community saving
The future of work
Guarantee minimum incomes for all
• Economy can support that?
• Laziness vs Work ethic
Working from office
• Social contact vs None
• Raising of children