Q.2 . What is groupthink. Explain. [10] According to Irving Janis(1972) ‚ groupthink is "a deterioration of mental efficiency‚ reality testing‚ and moral judgment resulting from in-group pressures". Thus‚ the overemphasis on consensus and agreement leads members to be unwilling to evaluate group members’ ideas critically. This hinders decision-making and becomes an obstacle to group productivity. Certain conditions favour the development of groupthink. i) The first condition is high cohesiveness
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Many people define the American dream in different ways. Some may define it by the value of your belongings or how much money you have. To others it may just simply be the thought of happiness. It may also be the thought of doing whatever you please to do and being content with that. Everyone has their own way to describe but Willy Loman has his own American Dream. Throughout this play you go through the lives of a family whose trying to be on top in life. At least that’s the goal in the eyes of
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Define the relationship between Ethnicity‚ Census and Identity formation We live in a strongly progressing world and usually from the day we are born‚ we believe we are free to define our destiny. But is this entirely true if from the very beginning we are defined and included in a society of which we are ignorant? As we grow‚ so does our erg to find who we are and where we belong‚ as to say identify ourselves. This willingness to discover “the inner self” leads us to a search of “others like
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How does one define love? If one tried to search for the meaning of the word love in a dictionary‚ the basic definition that would be found is: a deep affection for somebody or something. It would never define precisely what love is. Love is much more than just few lexemes. It goes beyond what words can express. Love is a notion that cannot be grasped by the mind and certainly cannot be written in few words. How can hundreds of laughs that we shared with the ones whom we love be expressed
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have had to choose between assimilating into a White culture or preserving their heritage and ancestry. This essay will discuss public policy regarding Native Americans and provide some examples pertaining to ethnocentrism and cultural relativity. Public Policy and Ethnocentrism From early on‚ Native American culture has been on a collision with White society. During the colonial period‚ the government did not want to have any issues with settlers and Native Americans. Schaefer mentions
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Theorist of development: A. Cognitive (Piaget) Cognitive theories of development look at how thought processes and mental operations influence growth and change. Cognitive theory is looking at the development of a person ’s thought processes. It also looks at how these thought processes influence how we understand and interact with the world. One theorist and cognitive thinker was Jean Piaget‚ who gave an idea about how we think about child development. This is that children think differently than
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Define the purpose and scope of the Employees Provident Fund Act. To what extend would you agree that the Employees Provident Fund achieving its objectives? In Laws of Malaysia‚ Employees Provident Fund Act 1991 (Act 452) formed the Employees Provident Fund (EPF)‚ which is a social security institution of Malaysia. EPF was actually established in 1951 under Employees Provident Fund Ordinance 1951 by National Director of Posts EPF. After a few decade‚ the law had become EPF Act 1951 in 1982 and then
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what motivates us? And process theories i.e. how we become motivated. I will begin first by explaining the process theories and then reviewing some traditional process theories of work motivation. Process Theories Process theories attempt to explain the thought processes concerning the ’why’ and ’how’ people choose one action over another and get motivated. Following are some of the process theories of work motivation Traditional Process Theories of Work Motivation. Expectancy Theory The
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Explain the concept of Dukkha Dukkha is the first of the three marks of existence and the first of the four noble truths. Dukkha is an extremely hard word to translate‚ and its meaning can vary between suffering‚ dissatisfaction and imperfection‚ it is most often translated as suffering. In his first sermon in the Deer Park‚ Siddhartha Gautama tells us what dukkha means. “This is dukkha: birth is painful‚ aging is painful‚ sickness is painful‚ death is painful‚ encountering what is not dear is
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Investopedia explains ’Leverage’ 1. Leverage can be created through options‚ futures‚ margin and other financial instruments. For example‚ say you have $1‚000 to invest. This amount could be invested in 10 shares of Microsoft stock‚ but to increase leverage‚ you could invest the $1‚000 in five options contracts. You would then control 500 shares instead of just 10. 2. Most companies use debt to finance operations. By doing so‚ a company increases its leverage because it can invest in business
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