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FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS IN SOCIOLOGY.

To judge something as functional or dysfunctional is to evaluate rather than explain. This evaluation, however, amounts to objective measurement of the dynamic properties of the system concerned. Stability, adaptive change and integration can be considered the three major dimensions of such measurem...

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Publicado en:American Sociological Review Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 5 - 14
Autor principal: Fallding, Harold
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Feb63
Materias:
Sociological research
Functional analysis
Computer operating systems
System integration
Social sciences
Calculus of variations
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Sumario:To judge something as functional or dysfunctional is to evaluate rather than explain. This evaluation, however, amounts to objective measurement of the dynamic properties of the system concerned. Stability, adaptive change and integration can be considered the three major dimensions of such measurement. But be/ore we can measure how functional they are for man, we have to ask whether the products of operating systems meet human needs.