Lewis Social Meta Theory

Science Theorist Theory Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
INDIVIDUAL
Economics Kiyosaki Rich Dad (Dependent) Employee Self
Employed
Business
Owner
Investor
Psychology Maslow Motivation
& personality
Physiological,
Survival
Safety,
Comfort
Psychological,
Belonging
Self
Esteem
Self
Actualization
Psychology MacLean Triune Brain Survival Brain Emotional Brain Logical Brain
Psychology Piaget Cognitive
Developmental
Sensory
Motor
Pre-
Operational
Concrete
Operations
Formal
Operations
Meta
Cognition
Psychology Freud Psychosexual Oral Anal Phallic Latency Genital
Psychology Erikson Psychosocial Hope Will Purpose Competence Fidelity
Psychology (Lewis) Dependency Dependence Rules
Dependence
Independence Mutual
Dependence
Inter
Dependence
Sociology (Lewis) Responsibility Centralized Society Organization Local
Group
Individual
Sociology (Lewis) Social
Consciousness
Individual
/ self
Family
/ Group
Community
/ City / State
Nation
/ Union
World
ORGANIZATION
Bus Orgs Greiner Crisis Leadership Autonomy Control Red
Tape
 
Business
Orgs
Greiner Evo / Revo Orgs Creativity Direction Delegation Coordination Collaboration
Business Orgs Collins Good to Great Highly
Capable Individual
Contributing
Team Member
Competent
Manager
Effective
Leader
Level
5
Business Orgs Logan,
et al
Tribal Leadership Alienated Separate Personal Partnership Team
SOCIETY
Politics (Lewis
/ Marx)
Leadership
Selection
Totalitarian,
Authoritarian
Kingdom,
Monarchy
Representative
Democracy
Direct
Democracy
Individual
Democracy
Economics Marx   Trade/Barter Feudalism Capitalism Socialism Communism
Economics   Industrial
Evolution
Hunter / Gatherer Agricultural, Agrarian Industrial,
manufacturing
Service Information
Economics Marx Class Struggle Ruling / Upper Ruling / Upper Ruling / Upper Ruling / Upper Ruling / Upper
Warrior Warrior Middle Middle
Working Middle Lower
Lower Lower
Untouchable
Law (Lewis) Legal
Responsibility
Fragmented,
Tribal
Napoleonic State
Controlled
Local Group Individual
Religion Compte  Theological
Stages
Animism Polytheism Mono
Theism
(Concept
theism)
(Solo
Theism)
Ethics (Lewis)   Sword Pen Religion Ethics Consensus