1986; Roy‚ 1983; 1997; Roy & Andrews‚ 1991‚ 1999). According to Roy (personal communication‚ March 6‚ 1986)‚ her major professional interest is the development of nursing as a scientific and humanistic discipline with an articulated and tested theory base that directs nursing practice and nursing education. Her clinical and research interests focus on neuroscience nursing and are aimed at understanding basic human cognitive processes‚ particularly cognitive recovery in persons with head
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organizations is systems theory and systems thinking. There are two main definitions of a system‚ an implicit and an explicit phrase‚ with the explicit phrase being used in system thinking by organizations. The definition refers to a system as being a collection of highly integrated parts or subsystems that attain a specific goal‚ through inputs that are processed into precise outputs. And thus if a part of this highly-linked system is changed‚ the overall system is also changed. This is what ’s meant by a system
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Money is the most important factor motivating workers today. Discuss this statement with reference to motivational theories you are aware of. The word motivation according to Richard Romando is gotten from the Latin phrase "movere"‚ which means to move. Motivation is defined as an inner drive that activates performance and gives it direction. The term motivation theory is concerned with the process that explains why and how human behaviour is stimulated and directed. It is considered as one of the
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a situation as real‚ it is real only in its consequences. INTRODUCTION Labelling theory‚ stemming from the influences of Cooley‚ Mead‚ Tannenbaum‚ and Lemert‚ has its origins somewhere within the context of the twentieth century. However‚ Edwin Lemert is widely considered the producer and founder of the original version of labelling theory. This paper‚ not a summary‚ provides a brief history of labelling theory‚ as well as‚ its role in the sociology of deviance. It attempts to explore the contributions
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Good morning everybody‚ Today the topic for our debate is “work can be dehumanizing rather than fulfilling.”To which I am in favour of as I believe that work is depriving employees of human qualities such as individuality‚ compassion‚ civility and is making it mere mechanical and routine and not enough creative‚ satisfying or making employees happy to be at work. I would like to start off by quoting the founding father of sociology‚ Karl Marx‚ who‚ in his Economic and Political Manuscript reflects
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Ethical Theories Ethical theories are the concepts that provide various viewpoints and guidance in making beneficial decisions. With the ethical theories‚ principles can be beneficial to each of the theories success. In this paper‚ traditional theories analyze how to gain a principle understanding of where they originated and how they achieve as theories. Ethical theories include and provide a brief background of Utilitarianism‚ Kantian‚ Social Contract‚ Divine Command‚ Natural Law‚ and the
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Analysis of Group Development Theories Abstract: The structure of a group helps the management predict to individual behavior within the group and the performance of the group itself. All the variables that can affect the functioning of groups are formal leadership‚ roles‚ norms‚ group status‚ group size and the composition of the group. The style or behavior of the group leader tends to be imitated or repeated by the group members. As everyone is required to play a diverse set of roles within
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social marketing theory Social marketing theory is defined as "the use of marketing principles and techniques to influence a target audience to voluntarily accept‚ reject‚ modify or abandon a behavior for the benefit of individuals‚ groups or society as a whole" (Kotler‚ Roberto‚ Lee) . This form of marketing is used especially in the area of health awareness‚ but also for not-for-profits and in order to spread political messages. It is a way of viewing non-government organizations as businesses
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Criminology: Strain theory Robert K. Merton Merton developed strain theory‚ which falls within the general category of functionlism. According to Merton‚ deviance within society is as a result of the culture and structure of society itself. His theory is based on the idea that all members of society share common values and goals. Some of those values might be to own one’s own house‚ own a car‚ enjoy foreign holidays etc. However‚ because not all members in society occupy the same economic
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discovered and replicated through analysis. The methodology‚ theoretical underpinnings‚ and subjects of cognitive anthropology have been diverse. The field can be divided into three phases: (1) an early formative period in the 1950’s called ethnoscience; (2) the middle period during the 1960’s and 1970’s‚ commonly identified with the study of folk models; and (3) the most recent period beginning in the 1980’s with the growth of schema theory and the development of consensus theory. Cognitive anthropology
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