Contingency theory is a class of behavioral theory that claims that there is no best way to organize a corporation‚ to lead a company‚ or to make decisions. Instead‚ the optimal course of action is contingent (dependent) upon the internal and external situation. A contingent leader effectively applies their own style of leadership to the right situation. In contingency theory of leadership‚ the success of the leader is a function of various contingencies in the form of subordinate‚ task‚ and/or
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Ex: (Nat Sciences- atomic theory) (History- soviet archives opened- new outlook‚ perspective) KI: RLS: Assumption: Implication: AOK: WOK: 5: This is a bit of an intellectual joke. Does Bishop mean a collage‚ a mosaic‚ or a jigsaw-puzzle? This one requires you to think about how a design can be ’pleasing ’ (which hints at the role of emotion in knowledge-construction) and how easy/difficult it is to cause a paradigm shift in history or another AOK. 5) That ’s the joke: it assumes that
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The theory of justice is a work of political philosophy and ethics by John Rawls. According to Gomez‚ philosopher John Rawls who lived between 1921- 2002‚ argued the notion of social justice as fairness in his book "A Theory of Justice." He used foundations of utilitarian and Kantian philosophy to create a possible technique to estimate the ethics of social and political institutions. The principles of justice theories was Rawls ’s theory and it is dependent on two important and central principles
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Theories gave organizations a framework for knowledge and a guide to achieving their goals. The Industrial Revolution prompted the need for better supervision of workers to boost productivity within the automobile‚ steel‚ and coal industries. It is because of this need that the various theories of management began to take shape. The classical management theory‚ which came about during the Industrial Revolution‚ focused on the single best way to perform and manage tasks. This enabled factories
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Journal of Management Studies 43:1 January 2006 0022-2380 Guest Editors’ Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic Implications* Abagail McWilliams‚ Donald S. Siegel and Patrick M. Wright College of Business Administration‚ University of Illinois at Chicago; Department of Economics‚ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; School of Industrial and Labor Relations‚ Cornell University We describe a variety of perspectives on corporate social responsibility (CSR)‚ which
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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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“According to Erikson’s theory every person must pass through a series of eight stages over the entire life cycle” (Erikson’s Stages of Development‚ n.d‚ p.1) .These eight stages evolve throughout your life. Each stage has a task; the task of the stage you are in must be achieved for you to successfully move to the next stage thus contributing to a healthier development. If the task is not fully complete it can affect the ability to move to the next task. “Erikson’s eight stages reflect both positive
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Sonjia D.Lynch November 19‚ 2009 Scholarly Paper COU 6312-40 Group Counseling Dr. Crook The Adlerian theory‚ which was named after Alfred Adler‚ primarily emphasizes birth order‚ individual life styles‚ social interests‚ and concepts pertaining to inferiority and superiority as principle components of personality. For Adler‚ psychological health is determined by the level of social contribution beneficial to the greater community. To the
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these five contributions is how Rawls’ speculative thought has been used by scholars across disciplinary lines‚ influencing such diverse academic disciplines as economics‚ law‚ political science‚ sociology‚ and theology. A theory of justice... Rawls’ most famous work‚ A Theory of Justice (1971)‚ provides an introduction to this body of thought as well as some of its implications for ethics. Like many philosophers before him‚ Rawls focused upon justice because of its substantive importance for organizing
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Nursing Theory. -Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (Orem) Dorothy Orem’s self care deficit theory‚ general theory of nursing is one of the host widely used model in nursing today. In 1914‚Orem was born in Baltimore ‚Maryland. She received her nursing diploma in the early 1930’s from Providence Hospital School of Nursing ‚Washington D.C. In addition to earning a BSN Ed.(1939) and MSN Ed.(1945)‚ She has received three honorary doctorates and an Alumni Achievement Award For Nursing Theory in 1980
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