...Sociology | | | Changing Dynamics in Society | | Fred B. D'souza | 1331 F.Y. B.B.A. | | Changing Dynamics in Society It is a fact that society is not monotonous but is constantly evolving. However the rate it changes at is usually slow. After asking the three generations that I have at home about their young days, I see a difference in my grandparent’s life, my parent’s life and my own life. I see changes at many areas like social norms, rules at home, accepted ways of thought, communication and behaviour, the role of family and their values, allowances etc. These changes that are slowly being woven into the fabric of society are gradually being absorbed as the new norms, without shaking the core. If I compare my life to that of my parents at my age, there may be some things that I do which would be totally unacceptable to my grandparents. When we have family dinner time there has been so many instances where my father has told me about his past and how it is so different to my generation. My father shared stories to my brother and me stating that when he used to come late at home, my grandfather used to not open the door for him, so he was left out in the cold until the next morning. My father does not do this to me when I am late; instead he merely asks me the reason for being late and if valid ends the topic. My mother her entire life was not allowed to wear short skirts. It had to be well below the knee. She comments on the girls as we pass by in the...
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...Social Networks: Changing Society Social networks are changing society’s attitude towards personal interactions due to their accessibility, variety and overall appeal to all age groups. When using social networks for daily interactions, we communicate with two main groups or networks. The first group is close friends and family, with whom we share our most intimate side and the second group is colleagues and associates at work (Bowles, 2013). When interacting online with the first group, we use Facebook, the most popular Web 2.0 social network, with over one billion users (Bowles, 2013). Timelines, Activity Logs, and News Feeds allow daily activities to be shared, keeping friends connected in a way never before possible. With the addition of Graph Search, users will be able to find friends who have visited a location or liked a topic. Facebook, however, considers the Timeline and News Feed options the two central “pillars” of the site (Bowles, 2013). Google has introduced Google+ to compete with Facebook and is set up to separate contacts into “circles” which targets a certain audience and streamlines information posted (Bowles, 2103). To interact with the second group, LinkedIn, with 175 million members as of 2012, is used to share skills worldwide, search for employment, recruit, and assist entrepreneurs in advertising goods or services (Bowles, 2013). LinkedIn is profile based; however, it reads more like a resume. LinkedIn is a tiered system with the main tier...
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...Gender has had a large effect on consumption of products and services in the Irish society. Gender roles have changed over time in the Irish society; women have gone from the traditional roles of housewives to having professional occupations. Changing gender roles in the Irish society has lead to many difficulties for marketers. To be male or female can be defined biologically, but masculinity and femininity are socially constructed. The image of masculinity and femininity differ due to cultural aspects and change over time. Early advertising and brand building were aimed at women in the Irish society as the consumer was seen as a female role. Products and services of less significance such as domestic brands were aimed at women. Adverts for domestic brands often represented women to be naive and foolish. The washing detergent adverts for Ajax Laundry Detergent in the 1960’s portrays the foolish housewife. “The housewife was a uniformed and classless persona precisely because marketers could for the first time unite women from different backgrounds under the same banner” (Giles, 2004) Due to marketers the perceived image of a woman’s role was a housewife. This image of a woman who cooks, cleans and takes care of the children was a learned image in the Irish society. From a young age we were exposed to housewife role through children’s programs, television soap operas films and television adverts. This image of the traditional housewife was broke in the late 1980’s and early...
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...Religion in a global contextFundamentalism- | Religion and social Change | Religion as source of conflict or consensus | Religiosity: Class | Religiosity: Age | Religiosity: Gender | Religiosity: Ethnicity | Belief Systems: Religion | Belief Systems: Science: | Belief Systems: ideology | Jun12 | Religion is still the most significant ideological influence in the world today. ’To what extent do sociological arguments and evidence support this view? (33 marks) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Critically examine sociological views of sects in society today. (33 marks) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Using material from Item A and elsewhere, assess the view that women are no longer oppressed by religion. (18 marks) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jan 12 | The growth of New Age and similar movements is evidence of a spiritual revolution in society today.’ To what extent do sociological arguments and evidence support this view? (33 marks) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Assess the usefulness of functionalist theories in understanding religion today.(33 marks) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Using material from Item A and elsewhere, assess the view that most people today choose not to be lifelong members of religious organisations. (18 marks) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jun ’11: | Assess the view religion is a force for social change...
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...com/quotes/c_l_r_james_296295). Today, technology, education, and design have helped people in so many ways. It has not only helped with fitness goals, but also personal, career, and financial goals. Social change happens right in front of us every day from wearable devices to changing education to the design of products which shapes our ideas of the world around us. There are many possible contributing factors in social changes such as technology, education, and design. For starters, one aspect of changing social structures and relationships comes from technology. For instance, Tan Le, a technology entrepreneur and business executive, created new piece of technology that will be able to help not only scientists, but society as a whole. She created a “remote control that uses brainwaves to control digital devices and...
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...Chapter 1: What is CSR Organizations can be classified in 3 categories: 1) For profits: Seek gain for their owners 2) Government: Exists to define rules and structures of society within which all organizations must operate 3) Non-profits: Emerge to do social good when the political will of the profit motive is insufficient to address societies needs Stakeholders: Includes all those who are related in some way to a firm “A stakeholder in an organization is any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of the organizations objectives” could range from clearly defined customers, employees, suppliers, creditors, and regulating authorities, to other more amorphous constituents such as local communities CSR is both critical and controversial; It is critical because the for-profit sector is the largest and most innovative part of any free societies economy. However CSR remains controversial; In spite of the rising importance of CSR today for corporate leaders, academics, and bureaucrats alike, many still draw on the views of the Nobel Prize- winning economist Milton Friedman, who argues against CSR because it distracted leaders from economic goals. Friedman believed that the only “social responsibility of a business is to increase its profits”- that society benefits most when businesses focus on maximizing their financial success. David Packard, a co-founder of Hewlett-Packard however, believes “a group of people get together and exist as...
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...concept of “Information Society” The term “Information Society” is now being extensively used by many when we talk about the digital world. As the quantum of information is expanding exponentially, we also need to realize how the meaning of an information society is changing. The information needs of the new age society are to be understood and catered to in order to empower the individual as well as the society. The concept has many social, political, technological and legal perspectives. The rapid expansion of technology has only ensured that many more perspectives would be added as look at the term. Internet has become a platform where all individuals can now have a voice their opinions and views, but still the picture of the digital age is far from complete. The development of any technology is affected by the commercial attractiveness it provides to the people who can invest it which presents us with a danger of running into a direction where the concept of “information society” would be governed by commercial and not social needs. A society that organises itself around knowledge in the interest of social control, and the management of innovation and change... (Daniel Bell) A new type of society, where the possession of information (and not material wealth) is the driving force behind its transformation and development […] (and where) human intellectual creativity flourishes. (Yoneji Masuda) Above given, two definitions of “information society” point out to us that...
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...For this discussion I will be discussing what I think about the future of human society. Two of the biggest things that I think will happen in our future society that I can think of is that taboo will become reality and technology will become over powering to the point that society we know it will not be as we were. When I think of all the changes in our society just over my short life here on earth I cannot imagine what it could look like in the future. I can remember where taboo was unspeakable and now with it becoming more and more as reality then that’s why I believe this will be one of the major changes in our society in the future. For example, look at how far that gay rights has come. Before there wouldn’t hardly be any support from politicians or celebrities, but now with all the support and so many folks has become so open minded it is making a change in our society. I will not state my own beliefs but I will say that although I understand it must be hard to be so confused but I don’t understand why it need national attention. I know that might sound ignorant to some so please excuse me but I just don’t understand where people like Bruce (Caitlyn) Jenner should have so much attention for changing Gods creation and where police officer are slandered for protecting and serving. When it comes to the future of our society and technology well I don’t know where to begin. With everyone becoming more and more technology friendly we as humans our becoming less sociable...
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...How can Technology help prevent climate change? Technologies for adaptation In many cases people will adapt to climate change simply by changing their behaviour – by moving to a different location say, or by changing their occupation. But often they will employ different forms of technology, whether “hard” forms, such as new irrigation systems or drought-resistant seeds, or “soft” technologies, such as insurance schemes or crop rotation patterns. Or they could use a combination of hard and soft, as with early warning systems that combine hard measuring devices with soft knowledge and skills that can raise awareness and stimulate appropriate action. Many of these technologies are already available and widely used. The global climate system has always confronted human societies with extreme weather events and in many respects future climate change will simply exacerbate these events, altering their scale, duration or intensity. Thus it should be possible to adapt to some extent by modifying or extending existing technologies. These may date back hundreds of years. Local communities have, for example, used traditional technologies to cope with regular flooding by building houses on stilts, and many communities continue to do so, even if they use more modern materials such as concrete pillars or corrugated iron roofs. Other technologies might be considered “modern”, dating from the industrial revolution in the late eighteenth century. Farmers have taken advantage of technological...
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...Religion, renewal and choice Religion, renewal and choice Modernity | Is seen as beginning with the industrial revolution. It is characterised by rapid social change, scientific and technological development and secularisation. Beck and Giddens argue that late modernity will accelerate, especially as a result of globalisation. | Post modernity | The view that society has moved into a new era of postmodernity- a globalised, media-saturated society. Culture is fragmented, unstable and ever changing, and individuals create and change their identities through consumption of signs and brands. Some Marxists see PM as the latest phase of capitalism, in which globalisation permit the accumulation of capital. | Individualism | The idea that the individual is more important than the group. In postmodern society, individualism becomes more important becomes more important than it is in traditional society and individuals actions are influenced more by self-interest rather than obligation. Secularisation theorists argue that this leads to decline in religion by undermining its communal basis. | Vicarious religion | Is experiencing religion ‘second hand’ or at a distance. Attending churches for rites of passage but not on a regular basis. A small number of professional clergy practise religion on behalf of a much larger number of people | Cultural amnesia | Loss of collective memory, where religion is no longer being handed down through generations as members of family are more...
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...Business and Society Subject Code-3101 Fifth Semester Part : One “Business is a part of Larger Social system”-Explain from the system concept of business. (Page -12) What do you meant by move toward social concern? (Page -4) What is discontinuity? (Page -5) Define business. (Page -19) Give arguments for Social responsibility. (Page -24) Give arguments against Social responsibility. (Page -30) What is social responsibility? (Page -39) What is social response? (Page -46) Discuss the power-responsibility equation. (Page -47) What is the Iron Law of responsibility? (Page -50) Discuss the Changing role of Business Clients. (Page -59) Describe the elements of a Pluralistic social system. (Page -62) What do you mean by Diffusion of Power? (Page -66) Discuss the strength and weakness of a pluralistic society. (Page -69) Discuss the traditional business role. (Page -79) Define the Quality of life. (Page -85) Discuss the alternative ways is which business may respond to the social demands. (Page -85) Discuss in brief the different socially responsive roles played by a manager. (Page -102) Discuss the general effects of technology on society as a whole. (Page -117) What is social system? “Areas of social responsibility are expanding”- Explain. (Page -12, 7) Briefly discuss the role of socially responsive manager as a boundary mediator. (Page -104) What do you mean by social...
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...Introduction In the knowledge society, firms need to develop competitive advantages based on an adequate and intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), which is an essential element of success in today’s market. This fact is especially relevant for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), whose survival depends, among other factors, on the use they make of ICTs to develop new organizational models, compete in new markets or enhance their internal and external communication relationships. To be successful in the 21st century, any country in the world needs to develop an ideas-based can do economy and society. This implies an economy and society that are proficient at both creating ideas and translating a considerable proportion of them into new business opportunities. The payoffs are jobs, wealth and a better quality of life. In this scenario, many developed countries have already concluded that their future relies on increasing investment in the underlying capability of the knowledge economy and creating an environment favourable to the rapid translation of new ideas into new business opportunities. In particular, small and medium sized companies (SMEs) will be able to seize this opportunity in a wide variety of ways and small entrepreneurs have a critical role to play. Therefore, it is important that small entrepreneurs take into account that the world in which organizations exist and operate is continuously changing. Changes in interdependencies...
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...Merriam-Webster online dictionary has one meaning for the word “corruption”: “impairment of integrity, virtue or moral principle”. In the “Lottery” capitalist society stands out as a form of societal corruption. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” the simple ways and acts of the grandmother alone relative to her religious practices stands out as social corruption. “The Lottery”, is a horrific story that exposes the social order and system of a capitalistic society. Again, from Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the ideal capitalistic society is “an economic system based upon the concentration of wealth, and the competitive distribution of production and business to privately owned powerful representatives.” This form of an ideal society is what the author based the small village on in “The Lottery”. In “The Lottery” the lottery itself, serves as a democratic misconception for a capitalistic society. It deceives the people of the village, into believing it is democratic, because of the fact that everyone participates in the lottery and knows they have an equal chance at being selected. The village’s ruling class only participates to convince others that they are equal to everyone else, even though their exclusive control over the lottery suggests they are not. Another aspect of “The Lottery” that shows an ideally capitalistic society and that becomes one huge aspect in the social order of the village is the role of women. The author has made it clear that power in the village in the hands...
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...Technology and Education Essay Technology has come very long ways to help the human society out with making life so much easier. Although, some people don’t agree with technology helping the society, they actually like to keep things old school and do it the hard working way. Technology makes social life, work, and school so much easier. Yes, technology has its problems here and there, but technology was invented by a human and humans make mistakes. Technology is used to help our development in life. In the Article “Is Google Making Us Stupid” by Nicholas Carr has opionins of technology changing the way of learning. You see it isn’t just google it could just be the amount of time we spend on the internet and the assurance of the information that is given. Not everything on the internet is true. Being on the web is a quicker way of learning. People are saying that the lost the interest in reading because they use the internet, but you may lose interest yet it is up to you to actually push yourself to read. Google isn’t making us smarter or dumber, but we do use it to help us with a bunch of things. It is technically helping us get information on unknown things we don’t know too much about or don’t know at all. Everything on google isn’t accurate, but can help you get the accurate information you need. Google can help develop and stimulate our brain development of information. In reality there are pros and cons to the usage of the internet. Everything has its pros and...
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...and how it impacted society at the time. I will then discuss why these inventions took place and then state some of the main individuals and organisations that impacted these changes. The 60s were described by historians as a significant change in history and especially technology. By the end of the 60s humanity had entered the space age by sending the first man to the moon. The 60s were influenced by the youth of the post-war baby boom. On the other hand, the 70s began the age of the first practical computer which was made possible by a man called Hewlett Packard the founder of HP computers. He named the first mass marketed laptop calculator the HP 9100A. This quickly became a huge success marketed all around the world which could calculate sophisticated equations for high end business men. There were many inventions created in the 60s and 70s most because there were some very influential people that impacted society. With the invention of the first hand held cell phone in 1979, society changed its way of communicating. With the implement of the...
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