In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Meaning and Definition of Group or Class 2. Types of Group 3. Group Guidance 4. Group Guidance Programmes 5. Leadership 6. Group Dynamics. A collection of individuals forms a group whether there is interaction of the members or not. Without interaction the group is nearly an aggregation. Functional groups are characterised by [...]
After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Meaning of Crowds 2. Types of Crowds 3. Features 4. Size 5. Composition 6. Information Flow. Meaning of Crowds: The French Sociologist Gustave Le Bon (1895) devoted a whole book to study the nature of crowds; he described how the people in a crowd often think, feel and act in extreme [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the theories of crowd behaviour. According to Le Bon (1895), collective outbursts are a feature of the mass society which is characteristic of modern age with huge cities, in which crowd mentality prevails. The origins of Soviet Revolution (1917) and Fascist revolutions in Germany and Italy in the thirties are traced to [...]