Leadership theories. What makes a good leader‚ some say it’s the ones who can inspire and get the most from their staff but there are many qualities a good leader has. Leaders should be able to think creatively to provide a vision for the company and solve their problems‚ to be calm under pressure and make clear decisions. Excellent leaders have to possess excellent two-way communication skills and posses an air of authority. A leader should be well informed and knowledgeable about matters relating
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Pioneers of Sociology * Karl Marx He said that the working class will defeat the ownership class‚ and result in a utopia where government will wither away to nothing and the principle of economics will be based on "For each according to his needs‚ and from each according to his ability." His contribution to thinking in sociology is mainly in a perspective called "Conflict Theory" in which social organisation and change is based upon conflicts built into society. Many people see this as having
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would contribute to coordination and control in an organization. Max Weber‚ a German sociologist and political economist‚ gave much importance on rationality wherein efficient administration of formal rules and procedures takes place. This rationality usually occurs in almost all aspects replacing the traditional methods of social organization. Weber’s study on bureaucracy is based on ideal-type analysis and to develop this‚ Weber noted and has set ideal-type characteristics of bureaucratic organizations
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economic change‚ put forward theories and approaches to try and make sense of the changing society around them and the consequences these changes would have. In this essay I will refer to the main founding fathers of sociology: Comte‚ Durkheim‚ Marx and Weber. I will discuss their main ideas and concerns about the changing societies that they encountered. The Frenchman Auguste Comte (1798-1857) grew up in the wake of the French revolution of 1789. In these times of momentous change he noticed how French
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Economy -refers to the structuring & functioning of the development & utilization of human natural resources in the production‚ processing‚ distribution & consumption of material goods & services. Economic Activities influences : *Habbits *Skills *Knowledge *Expectations *Ideology *Social Norms *Values *Personal Relationship Economic System – is an organized way in which a state or nation allocates its resources & apportions goods and services in the national community. Functions
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objectives. Having explained what management is‚ there are several types of managements. Among them are the scientific management which is also known as Taylorism developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor‚ bureaucratic management by Max Weber and administrative management. Bureaucracy is a system of management where the authority and power are hierarchical in nature where there is a specialization of labour and any action is effected with formal rules and regulations. Scientific management
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generally to different ways of organizing the public sector in a nation state. When discussing the effect of the public administration on corruption‚ most scholars start from the way the ideal typical bureaucracy was described by Max Weber in the beginning of the 20th century (Weber 1978‚ chapter 11; concerning Weberian bureaucracy and corruption see for example Rauch and Evans 2000). When I use the term bureaucracy in this paper I therefore use this word
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Theories of Deviance: Conflict Theory Why are some people ’s behaviors more apt to be negatively labeled by the criminal justice system? Labeling theorists point to the role of moral entrepreneurs or social movements‚ but what about the forces that underlie a particular moral crusade? Why‚ for example‚ would American society want to criminalize the production‚ sale‚ and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the 1920s? Why the increased penalties for domestic violence in the 1970s‚ or the War on
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developed within classical sociology. Critically evaluate the use made of this concept or argument by contemporary sociology in trying to understand a current social issue This essay looks at the argument taken from a classical sociologist called Weber‚ throughout this essay it explains rationalization and how it has become modernized using Ritzer to explain this by demonstrating his McDonaldization theory. The theory will be clarified by contemporary sociologists by looking at their strengths and
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Administrative Management t is the study of how to create an organizational structure and control system that leads to high efficiency and effectiveness based on Max Webber’s Theory of Bureaucracy and Fayol’s Principles of administration Management‚ Bureaucracy‚ the word itself stems from the word originated from Western Europe which means ‘rule by office’ Theory of bureaucracy is an administrative or social system that relies on a set of rules and procedures‚ separation of functions and a hierarchical
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