Assessment 1: Learning Log

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Please fill in the required details in the space given below.
 The learning log for week 01 is for the classes conducted on 25, 26 and 27 July
 The learning log for week 02 is for the classes conducted on 1, 2 and 17 August.
 There is no maximum word limit.
 Save the file in a PDF format.
 The PDF file should be saved as : <name. week number.name of section. numbers at
the end of your enrollment number>. For example, Garima.1.rudrama.56999
 Please submit the weekly log to the following email id: garimayadav5887@gmail.com

Session – 1
Date- 25th July 2022
Did you attend it? – Y

Topic Discussed: Sociology & it’s Relevance

Readings Used: PPT

Key Takeaways:
 Sociology is the study of human interaction and interrelations their code and
consequences.
 Sociology is the study of human societies, their perception, interaction, and
dynamics of societies such as religion, race, etc.
 Identity Markers: Region, Religion, Gender, Caste, and Class.
 Societal changes- How does it impact? And What can we do?
 Societal changes are the change as a transformation of cultures, institutions, and
functions. The biggest example of this is the 2019 Covid situation.
 The understanding of society through empathy, lifting the veil of ignorance, and
Value Neutrality.
 How to develop imagination? –
1. Carve out time for reflection
2. Ask active, open questions
3. Allow yourself to be playful
4. Setup a system for sharing ideas
5. Seek out the anomalous and unexpected
6. Encourage experimentation
7. Stay hopeful

Questions:
 What are the key points from the reading material that is relevant for you? How has the
reading material helped/ aided your understanding?
Organizations’ capacity for Imagination has seven imperatives:
 Carve out time for reflection
 Ask active, open questions
 Allow yourself to be playful
 Set up a system for sharing ideas
 Seek out the anomalous and unexpected
 Encourage experimentation
 Stay hopeful

Session – 2
Date- 26th July 2022
Did you attend it? – Y

Topic Discussed: Sociological Imagination

Readings Used: PPT

Key Takeaways:
 Ability to connect personal challenges to larger social issues.
 Ability to recognize the relationship between patterns in society and the actions of
individual people.
 Try to see personal trouble issues to the larger problem.
 Biography, history, and their interaction with social structures.
 Capture the way individuals perceive problems & make sense of their subjectivity.
 Programmed Knowledge: Playfulness, Ideal type v/s Stereotype.
 Application of sociological Imaginative in HR.

Questions:

What are the key points from the reading material that is relevant for you? How has the
reading material helped/ aided your understanding?

Session – 3
Date- 27th July 2022
Did you attend it? – Y

Topic Discussed: Gender and Management

Readings Used: Dove Advertisement + PPT

Key Takeaways:
 Gender relations in organizational management groups, culture, and community.
 Gender divisions of labor.
 Gender division of hierarchy, power, authority, and leadership in organization and
management. (Formal and Informal)
 Intersection of gender and the other social division and differences needs to be
understood.
 Gendered processes in sexuality including the dominance of various forms of
sexuality over others.

Questions:

What are the key points from the reading material that are relevant for you? How has
the reading material helped/ aided your understanding?
The following are my learning from the Dove advertisement:
 The advertisement highlighted the concept of self-doubt and how appearances
play an important role in society.
 The characters in the advertisement had a complete opposite perception than
others about themselves.
 Also, how when we use certain terms like beauty, beauty products, dressing, etc.
we all relate these terms to women only.
 Even, all the advertisements display a certain kind of actors but not the general
reality of the audience.
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ANY SUGGESTIONS: Visuals are more grasp taking for the purpose of learning.