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SOCU 301Social Research Design Exercise 6.1Name :Jessica McNamara Paradigms You are a social scientist who wishes to examine in greater detail the paradigms discussed by Babbie. Specifically, you want to apply the conflict, structural functionalist, and symbolic interactionist paradigms, in a study of some organization in which you have worked. Give two examples of how each paradigm may affect what you examine in your study. A. What organization will you study? _____Social Services-CPS__________ B. Conflict paradigm 1.State one conflict within the organization. Identify who the conflict was between, and explain briefly what the conflict was about.
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2.State a second conflict in the organization. Identify who the conflict was between, and explain briefly what the conflict was about.
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Unformatted text preview:Workers are asked to help they claim they are unavailable. C. Structural functionalist paradigm 3. Identify one "part of the whole" in the organization, and briefly explain that "part's"function. Social Service Assistant- to act as a support system and assist the Social Worker with visitation, transportation, filing, etc 4. Identify a second "part of the whole," and briefly explain that "part's" function. Social Worker- To serve families on their case load, create court reports, supervise visits at least once monthly, keep in contact with youth on their case load, Provide service recommendations for families, etc D. Symbolic interactionist paradigm 5. Briefly explain one way in which you can use that paradigm to study the organization. Study the use of emails as communication between employees. 6. Briefly explain a second way in which you can use that paradigm. Study the usage of company cell phones and exchanges between employees