NAME: Sherry-Ann S. Jacobs COURSE CODE: SOCI1002 COURSE NAME: Sociology for the Caribbean E-TUTOR: Mr. Lance Gibbs DATE: June 14‚ 2012 QUESTION: "Weber ’s ideal bureaucracy worked well for large organizational structures in the 20th century. Globalization‚ with its changing patterns of work‚ has presented new challenges for the efficiency of this type of approach to modern organizations in the Caribbean." Evaluate this statement. _________________________________________________________________________________________________
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The word “Hero” refers to a figure that possesses extra human abilities and status. Heroes serve as protagonists of epics and myths and are widely celebrated for their deeds (Ogden 2010‚ 102). A hero is defined by certain outstanding characteristics. Throughout his works‚ Homer shows that the most important of these include arete‚ hubris‚ and kleos; however‚ none of his characters have all of these attributes. Castle (quoted in Harker 1996‚ 53) defines “arete” as the ability to fully maximize physical
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The Epic of Gilgamesh Heroes have existed throughout the history of man. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem of a king in ancient Babylon. The story revolves around Gilgamesh the King of Uruk and his companion Enkidu. Gilgamesh was the 5th king of the Acadian city Uruk around 2‚750BCE. The epic was written on twelve tablets found in the ruins of an ancient city called Ninevah in modern day Iraq. The city of Ninevah has been dated back to 668-627BCE‚ but the story of Gilgamesh has been discovered
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The freedom that is to be cultivated in the citizens of Plato ’s ideal polis‚ and in the polis itself is supposed to be a free and just place. The freedom that Plato describes is the kind of freedom to live within a republic and be able to live in accordance to their abilities. The freedom he describes allows people to do things that‚ "are apt for the accomplishment of different jobs" meaning that a person is allowed to either transcend the "class" they were born in to or to even be "demoted" from
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My Ideal School One of my ultimate goals in life is to start a progressive school which focuses on developing a passion for living and self-knowledge in children. Schools nowadays have a rote‚ one-size-fits-all curriculum‚ which is conducive to learning for only a small percentage of students. My ideal school would be communication-based‚ blending aspects of social work‚ conflict resolution‚ team building‚ and traditional learning. Classes would be limited to fifteen students‚ a size small enough
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Introduction: Everyone has their own perception of an ideal community. The selection of components for any ideal community will vary depending upon the upbringing‚ culture‚ norms and values that prevail within any individual portraying view of an ideal community. Ultimately the task is to develop or construct such a community whose underlying principles‚ values and system of administration is based on key notes which shall be ideal for all of the people that live in that community irrespective
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Each person must have the ideal partner for themselves. Same like me‚ have my own ideal partner. For me‚ the ideal partner is necessary in our lives as the ideal partner‚ we can share problems‚ share information‚ and in terms of other requirements. Besides that‚ to select the ideal partner is also not easy because before we confess he is an ideal partner‚ we must know the background of his life. Other than that‚ we also need to know his attitude. When we already know his background‚ more easy for
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Mr. Clement ESOL 0360 Nov/20/2014 Qualities of My Ideal Job The ideal job is a career path where you do work which you love and which completely satisfies you. It is the profession that one is good at‚ interested in‚ and most importantly‚ happy doing‚ and getting rewarded with a source of income for it. To understand what work would be ideal job‚ I really do have to understand myself first‚ then my work interest‚ and work motivations. My type of work I wish to pursue‚ right now I might probably
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about ‘MY IDEAL HUSBAND’. Heyyyyy! It’s actually for homework la. I think it’s interesting to be share with you guys. Please ignore all the grammatical error. I didn’t get the “corrected” version from my teacher yet. To have an ideal husband is the one of every woman’s dream. We do have our own definition about an ideal husband .For me‚ I think an ideal husband is someone who is responsible and could love his wife as much as she loves him. There are few characteristics for my ideal husband. Characters
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State exists for the sake of the good life. Now according to Plato‚ the aim of the good society is neither freedom‚ nor economic well-being. Rather‚ the aim of the good society is justice. A true State‚ therefore‚ must be conformed to justice (the Ideal of which exists in the World of Forms). And so the state does not decide what is just. Justice is an object of knowledge‚ that is‚ it is one of the forms. That is why the Statesman must be a Philosopher. If not‚ he will only lead the state downwards
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