Notes on Micro, Macro and Meso

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Summarised Notes these topics Micro, Macro and Meso

Micro
o Your immediate surroundings and things affect an individual directly.
o e.g. family, friends, peers, individuals and the community.
o Are small, local community groups, social units in which everyone in that group knows everyone else.
o For example: your family, Ryde Lions Club or the Rotary Club, RGHS soccer team, String Band at RGHS,

A family reunion

Mesoo

The interactions between the micro and macro world e.g. community, village, schools, workplace, organisation and the state.
o Are social units of intermediate size and usually large enough that many members may not have heard
of the name of many others or have little access to leaders.
o But the group is not so large that they seem distant or the leader is unapproachable.
o E.g. Sydney Buses, Ryde Council, NSW DET, Sydney Swans, McDonalds
Macro

o The “bigger world” consisting of society.
o The include laws, governments, media, Education systems, Health Systems, religious systems etc. Large social unit that are usually bureaucratic, which operate at a national or a global level.
o Most members are unlikely to know the leaders personally and the businesses of these groups are of international importance.
o E.g. World Court, The UN, India, NATIO, World Bank, USA, Google Inc., Al Qaeda, Roman Catholic Church etc.