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    In Patric Lencioni’s book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team he talks about five key reasons teams often fail to work together‚ and ways to overcome these problems. The five dysfunctions include teams that do not trust each other‚ do not engage in productive conflict‚ can not commit to decisions‚ do not hold each other accountable‚ and teams do not focus on collective goals. These five dysfunctions are all linked together‚ and if your team becomes a victim of one the other four are soon to follow.

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    Religion Religion plays a very important role in people’s life. There are 3 main religions in the world: Buddhism‚ Christianity and Islam. Each of them has its own particular traits and its own believers. But almost all religions have a lot in common. Most religions deal with one or more of the following: meditation‚ morality‚ and wisdom; sacred texts and sacred practices; a connection to the sacred; a community. If we observe different religions usually they have some sort of discipline in

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    Perspectives of Religion Perspectives of Religion Religion has always been a part of society; it has played a key role in many social events and will continue to. Within all these religions there are many things they have in common and it’s interesting to see that even though they still continue to have conflict. Religion has many aspects and different ways to perceive it. Throughout this paper I will look at religion in four key perspectives‚ which are Conflict‚ Functionalism‚ Feminism‚ and

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    Religion is a system of beliefs with symbols and rituals with or without god (Giddens 2009). Religion has given people cultural meaning and has defined the norms and values. The role of religion can be seen in both the personal and social aspects throughout history. People mentally needed the religion‚ not only due to the faith and rituals‚ but also because it was the only exhaustive system which has included all sorts of rules. By transition from renaissance to industrialisation and the start of

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    Introduction The necessary actions a team needs to take when encounter conflict is utilized in Patrick Lencioni’s leadership book‚ the Five Dysfunctions of a Team. What makes a successful team is when team members trust one another and take on productive debates to find resolution to conflict. "If we don’t trust one another‚ then we aren’t going to engage in open‚ constructive‚ ideological conflict. And we’ll just continue to preserve a sense of artificial" - Patrick Lencioni Establishment

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    Some examples of dysfunction during the stanford prison experiment are one of the guys went into the prison experiment. He thought it was going to be an easy way to get money for a summer job and then when he got there he got the role of being a prisoner. He just lost it he started to say that he was going crazy and that something was eating him inside out. He felt like he was going to explode and so the guards reacted by putting him in the hole. Then the guy would still yell and say he wanted out

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    What Religion is Religion comes in many forms‚ many ideas‚ thoughts‚ and many different beliefs. According to Julian Huxley “Religion is a way of life founded upon the apprehension of sacredness in existence (Molly 2010).” The definition of religion has multiple meanings to all types of different people. There is also more than one belief in just one god itself. “Religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause‚ nature‚ and purpose of the universe‚ especially when considered as the creation of

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    My holy religion is Islam and it has lots of positive effects on my day to day life. The holy religion of Islam has 5 basic pillars‚ and each of these pillars has positive effects on life. I would further explain each pillar and its effect on life. The first pillar of Islam is reading Kalema Tayeba. By reading this Kalema and believing on its words‚ Muslims admit that there is no God except Allah and prophet Mohmmad (P.B.U.H) is the last messenger of Allah. After reading this Kalema‚ Muslims admit

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    Assess the view that Religion inhibits social change Religion can be seen in two different ways by society. Some theories such as Functionalism and Marxism see it as a force for conservative change‚ however‚ Feminism address it as a force for social change. Some argue that religion can prevent social change in society which is done by using religion as an act for conservative force‚ so keeping the status quo the same. Religion is seen as a conservative force in Functionalism‚ where Durkheim believes

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    others do not. Date shows that in societies with total mobility and little attachment to property have no fears of witchcraft‚ while societies with considerable mobility but some attachment to property have beliefs of witchcraft. What is the function of revitalization movements? Attempts by members of society to construct a more satisfying culture by rapid acceptance of a pattern of multiple innovations. What is the impetus for them? Epidemic disease‚ wars‚ invasion‚ internal conflicts

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