History of the Department of economic sociology and management — a life-long reorganization

Abstract

The units that formed the basis for the creation of the nowadays Department of Economic Sociology and Management have undergone many reorganizations. They were accompanied by a change of leaders, changes in personnel, changes of scientific and educational priorities, and in many cases of names. The Department of Sociology of Labor and Labor Collectives, the Department of Sociology of Organizations, the Department of Economic Sociology and Sociology of Labor, the Department of Economic Sociology and Marketing, the Department of Sociology of Organizations and Management — all these divisions were predecessors of the Department of Economic Sociology and Management, existing in the structure of the sociological faculty since 2017 year.The authors of the article analyze in detail the objective and subjective reasons for the transformations, as well as the consequences to which they led. Particular attention is paid to the change of words, terms and concepts used in the names of the structural units and courses that were assigned to them. Changes in language in a specific way reflected the transformations that took place in the economy and society. Words appeared and disappeared, acquired a positive and negative meaning, excited various emotions in all those involved in the educational process.The authors concluded that multiple changes, often complicating the work of professors, simultaneously increased their cohesion and contributed to the mastery in many disciplines. These features allow them today to implement innovative projects in the scientific and educational spheres.