Khyal, Improvisation, and Social Change

The relation of improvisation in music & Social character of improviser

This research investigates the relation of social practices and behavior of the musician or singer with the quality of his improvisation in the field of music. Using analytic method and field study, it explores the views of two groups of interviewees in the form of two separate statistical communities. The first sample consists of outstanding teachers of music in sixties and nineties which deal...

Managing Improvisation within Change Management: Lessons from UK Financial Services

Organisational improvisation is increasingly seen as a useful management skill, particularly in dynamic or turbulent business sectors, and there is growing evidence of its benefit in the management and implementation of change. The data here are collected within one such situation; the project management of change in the UK financial services sector. An interesting finding is the extent of impr...

Communities and Social Change

UNDER the Chairmanship of Mr. Kenneth Robinson, M.P., a whole session of the Fifth British National Conference on Social Welfare?held in London at the beginning of January 1964?was devoted to consideration of "Community Care". The groups selected as needing such care were "The Mentally Disordered"; "The Physically Handicapped"; "The Delinquent"; and "Children out of their own homes". (Preparato...

Health and social change

Gangs and social change

Extant literature on the subject has usually defined gangs as loose associations of individuals engaged in some type of delinquent or criminal activity. Yet researchers have failed to sociologically differentiate gangs from other types of collective behavior. In contrast, this article understands gangs as organizations influenced by the social structure of the urban areas in which they operate....