Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer
How has the idea of ‘Work from Home’ forced us to redefine the formal and informal organization of work?
- UPSC 2021
- Works and Economic Life
The classical study of work rests on a spatial idea: formal organisation (rules, hierarchy, fixed hours, the office) and informal organisation (friendships, group norms, shared talk) both happen at a common workplace. Max Weber's bureaucracy defined the first, and the Hawthorne studies led by Elton Mayo (1924–32) revealed the second. The COVID-19 lockdowns, when the…
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- Redefining formal organisation
- Redefining informal organisation
- Blurring the formal–informal sector divide
- The home as workplace: gender and inequality
- Conclusion
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