Reviewer for Social Science 1 A. Introduction Behavior manner of conducting one’s self action and response to stimulation response to the environment Behavioral Sciences deals with human action and seeks to generalize human behavior in society Psychology Science of mind and behavior Behavior and mental process are interwoven Sociology Science of the society‚ social institutions and social relationships Study of human society and social interaction Anthropology Study of human beings
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Exam 1 Study Guide MGMT 301: Day 1 Why study management? 1. You are going to be a manager 2. Makes or breaks situations 3. Important to the people that it effects Behavior vs Attitude * Managers without training make assumptions based on attitude * Directly observe: ONLY BEHAVIOR * Must infer: attitude‚ morale‚ interest‚ motivation‚ drive‚ stress‚ self-esteem‚ happiness‚ job satisfaction. * Replace guess work: * Academic rigor * Scientific investigation
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Globalization and Education Globalization involves the integration of economic markets around the world and the increased movement of people‚ ideas‚ goods‚ services‚ and information across national borders. It has been marked by a rise in the power of corporations vis-?-vis nation-states. The influence of globalization is growing in education spheres as well. For example‚ the standardization of education under the No Child Left Behind Act is certainly connected to a desire for global competitiveness
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Globalisation: Definitions and Perspectives (Composed by Eric Beerkens‚ 2006) Globalization refers to all those processes by which the peoples of the world are incorporated into a single world society‚ global society (p.9). Albrow 1990 Globality is supplanting modernity (p. 4) Albrow 1996 The world economy has become so highly interdependent as to make national independence an anachronism‚ especially in financial markets. The interdependence is driven by science‚ technology and economics -
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Max Weber First published Fri Aug 24‚ 2007; substantive revision Tue Jul 31‚ 2012 Arguably the foremost social theorist of the twentieth century‚ Max Weber is known as a principal architect of modern social science along with Karl Marx and Emil Durkheim. Weber ’s wide-ranging contributions gave critical impetus to the birth of new academic disciplines such as sociology and public administration as well as to the significant reorientation in law‚ economics‚ political science‚ and religious studies
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Culture and Globalization 1. Cultural Homogenization * resulting from increased communication‚ technical convergence * transformation of other regions‚ cultures‚ nations‚ societies by the culture of the economically dominant west - McDonaldization * contributing factors … A) global transformation of local culture * mass marketing on international level displaces strategies built around national‚ regional‚ cultural differences * but products that are outwardly uniform may
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“A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired‚ but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.” -Joseph Hall I. Background Analysis There are as many brands in the world as there are stars in the sky. They’re innumerable. However‚ no matter how many they are‚ there are those stars that shine the most. This is also the case for the brands in the world. Only a few are able to stand in the international arena. Some try to venture into the world market
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Organization Studies http://oss.sagepub.com/ Social Remembering and Organizational Memory Michael Rowlinson‚ Charles Booth‚ Peter Clark‚ Agnes Delahaye and Stephen Procter Organization Studies 2010 31: 69 originally published online 12 November 2009 DOI: 10.1177/0170840609347056 The online version of this article can be found at: http://oss.sagepub.com/content/31/1/69 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: European Group for Organizational Studies Additional
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African Journal of History and Culture Vol. 3(5)‚ pp. 65-72‚ June 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJHC ISSN 2141-6672 ©2011 Academic Journals Review A critique of modernization and dependency theories in Africa: Critical assessment J. Matunhu Department of Development Studies‚ Midlands State University‚ Zimbabwe. E-mail: matunhuj@msu.ac.zw. Accepted 6 April‚ 2011 The way states and development specialists rationalize how to commit economic resources to development
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home • about • lecturers • students • HRM as I see it Home / Student zone / Chapter summaries Part one: The arena of contemporary human resource management 1 The nature of contemporary HRM 2 Corporate strategy and strategic HRM 3 Human resource management and performance Part two: The micro context of human resource management 4 Work and work systems 5 Organizational culture and HRM Part three: Employee resourcing 6 Workforce planning and talent management 7 Recruitment
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