Erving Goffman developed a metaphor of theater to explain the social interaction with different forms of behavior on front and back stages. Front stage is the area of social interaction visible to the audience‚ and back stage is the social interaction not visible to the audience. Front stage is a behavior that we do when other people are watching or are aware of us. Being in this front stage behavior‚ we focus on how others view us and what they expect from us‚ which can drive the behavior all together
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Process of Diffusion and its importance in living organisms Diffusion is the movement of molecules or ions down a concentration gradient i.e. from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. For a diffusion system to be efficient‚ it should have a large surface area so that high amount of substances can be exchanged at a time. It should also have a thin membrane and a continuous supply of substances‚ as a thin membrane means that the diffusion pathway would be short‚ and the continuous
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0 Learning Organization 0 1 Learning Organizations Introduction In a way those who work in a learning organization are “fully awakened” people. They are engaged in their work‚ striving to reach their potential‚ by sharing the vision of a worthy goal with team colleagues. They have mental models to guide them in the pursuit of personal mastery‚ and their personal goals are in alignment with the mission of the organization. Working in a learning organization is far from being a slave to a job
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Northrop Frye in ‘The motive for metaphor’ compares science and art. The common element between the two seems to be imagination. In science it becomes the final element and in art the starting point. In Frye view‚ a scientist examines the world which we are given to live‚ scrutinises all the data and attempts at forming certain theories which would underlay the rules governing the world. I doing so‚ he moves from the known realm‚ tangible world towards the concepts in his mind‚ therefore a creation
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shown a historical distrust of metaphor. English utilitarianist Jeremy Bentham portrayed legal fictions as ‘syphilis’ which runs along the veins of legal arguments‚ arguing that metaphors are not valid as a basis for reasoning in legal arguments. Justice Cardozo warned that while metaphor begins by liberating thoughts‚ they often end up by enslaving thoughts. Often a phobia of indeterminacy led to a confusion of the real with the literal‚ and mistakenly linked metaphor to falsity. Despite the prevalent
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Social Science Portfolio Images of Organizations By Robert Quartey Date: 20th Dec 2012 TABLE OF CONTENT SS2 ACTIVITY 1 3 SS2 ACTIVITY 2 6 SS2 ACTIVITY 3 9 SS2 ACTIVITY 4 12 SS2 ACTIVITY 5 15 SS2 ACTIVITY 6 19 SS2 ACTIVITY 1 “What is an organization” In my opinion‚ an organization is basically members of a working group that are structured and allocated various tasks with the aim of achieving a common goal. “A visit to Mcdonald’s” Q.1 In what ways does a Mcdonald’s
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idea to hurt others may seem like a logical and good idea at first‚ it may turn out to do harm to the attacker alongside the victim. For example‚ Macbeth cannot think straight‚ “full of scorpions is [his] mind” (Shakespeare‚ 3.2.38). He uses the metaphor of scorpions of King Duncan’s murder‚ constantly stinging his thoughts and poisoning his mind with thoughts of more killing. After the king’s death‚ Macbeth feels guilt for what he has done‚ first being unable to keep his crime out of mind in case
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and political forces that make up history and society‚ but they also contribute remarkably to the social processes that refigure individual identity and the socio-political‚ historical situation (174). Veenstra maintains that Greenblatt’s “economic metaphor” enables texts and their symbolic significance to prevail in society insofar as the texts’ literary devices reflect the social energy circulating in other texts that speak of the same subject matter. He further elaborates that Greenblatt’s ideas
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Organization as structure vs organization as process Child J. (2005) has argued “Organization has structural‚ processual and boundary-defining facets.” (p.6) Organization as structure and organization as process are organizational choices‚ which are very distinct from each other. Organization as structure refers to ‘basic structure’ in which tasks and responsibilities are distributed among the work hierarchy. The organizational authority is at the same time centralized‚ delegated and standardized
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Learning Organization: Answer to Organizational Growth Introduction Organizations are established to fulfil various needs of the people. The organizational objectives could be achieved via the organization’s growth-oriented mechanism which is inevitable in today’s competitive world. However‚ the most important factor which needs to be taken into consideration towards achieving the objective is the people or staff members who directly have impact on the productivity of the product or services
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