...Family Life in the 21st Century! Family life has become more stressful – two working parents, blended families, single parent homes, adolescent challenges, child safety concerns. Gender roles in relationships have become less defined. Children don’t arrive with an instruction book! Parenting is the only job for which there is no required education or training. Couples often have to balance career goals with personal goals. Older children moving back home and intergenerational relationships profoundly affect families. Research points to creating strong relationships as an essential ingredient for happiness and longevity. Effective communication is a foundation for relationships and is challenged by our instant message, sound byte society. Family Structures The following types of families exist today, with some families naturally falling into multiple categories. For example, a single parent family who lives in a larger, extended family. While these types of families are distinct in definition, in practice the lines are less clear. Nuclear Family The nuclear family is the traditional type of family structure. This family type consists of two parents and children. The nuclear family was long held in esteem by society as being the ideal in which to raise children. Children in nuclear families receive strength and stability from the two-parent structure and generally have more opportunities due to the financial ease of two adults. According to U.S. Census data, almost...
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...Interactionism…………………………………………………………...Pg.6 Collectivism……………………………………………………………...Pg.7 Post-Modernism………………………………………………………...Pg.8 New Right………………………………………………………………..Pg.9 You (Me)…………………………………………………………………Pg.10 Functionalism According to the functionalist perspective of sociology, each aspect of society is interdependent and contributes to society’s stability and functioning as a whole. For example, the government provides education for the children of the family, which in turn pays taxes on which the state depends to keep itself running. That is, the family is independent upon the school to help children grow up to have good jobs so that they can raise and support their own families. In the process, the children become law-abiding, taxpaying citizens, who in turn support the state. If all goes well and to plan, parts of the society produce order, stability and productivity. If all doesn’t go to plan, then parts of the society then must adapt to recapture a new order, stability and productivity. For example, during a financial recession with its high rates of unemployment and inflation, social programs are trimmed or cut. Schools offer fewer programs. Then a new social order, stability and productivity occur. Functionalists also believe that society is held together by social consensus, in which members of the society agree upon, and works together to achieve, what is best for society altogether. Functionalism has received criticism for neglecting the negative functions of an event, such as divorce. Critics...
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...Ava Moradi Sociology Is a nuclear family an ideal family form? ADVANTAGES Financial Stability A nuclear family is a term used to define a pair of adults and their children. In today's traditional nuclear families, it is common to have income coming from both parents, Both parents work to provide financial stability for the household, creating a larger cash flow to supply the basic family needs of housing, food and healthcare. Financial stability also allows the parents to provide additional extracurricular opportunities for their children, such as music or athletic lessons. These opportunities allow children to flourish socially and develop a higher level of confidence. Increased Consistency in Child Caring A family that consists of two parents living together are more likely to have a higher consistency with raising their children; certain agreements, discipline and arrangements are put in place, for example modeling appropriate behavior; parents act as a team to strengthen and reinforce appropriate behavior, and children are given consistent messages about what behavior is right and wrong, and certain expectations. Nuclear families are also said to have more daily routines, like eating dinner together (adding to consistency. Stronger Emotional Bonds and Support Systems Nuclear families tend to establish stronger bonds as they work together and rely on one another to overcome challenges. Children witness their parents' supportive and loving relationships...
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...and is derived from the works of Karl Max. Functionalism has its origins in the works of Durkheim, E who was especially interested in how social order is possible or how society remains relatively stable. Functionalist theory has got its main features and other theories have different views towards it. Value consensus is one of the key features of functionalist theory. Value consensus forms the fundamental integrating principle in society. The functionalist subscribes that the majority of the people in a community share common goals and only a few deviants oppose. This is supported by Haralambos and Holborn (2008) that if members of society are committed to the same values, they will tend to share a common identity, which provides a basis for unity and cooperation. Common goals are derived from shared values. Values provide a general conception of what is desirable and worthwhile. Goals provide direction in specific situations. For example in Western society, members of a particular workforce will share the goal of efficient production in their factory – a goal which stems from the general view...
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...Unemployment is a major issue in today’s society. Do you know what causes unemployment? Do you know who it affects? I do, let me tell you. Unemployment effects everyone, whether it be directly or indirectly. Even if you are employed, the unemployment of people in your community can hit home. As a public relations specialist I work with people on a daily basis to try to get them the assistance they need so that they can get better jobs. There are several causes of unemployment such as recessions, disability, attitude towards employers, willingness to work, employee values, and discriminating factors in the place of work such as age, class, ethnicity, and race. All of these factors and more play a role in the unemployment in today’s society. When you see the downward spiral of joblessness if you are a business owner hire someone to help, if you have connections to great companies let someone know so that we can help decrease the unemployment rate. I hope to supply you with the causes and effects unemployment has on individuals and their families. Discriminating factors in the work place causes unemployment are very much present; it may come in many different ways. They may terminate you from your job because of your age, a lot of employers think that because you have gotten older you may not be able to perform your job as good as you did back when you where younger so they hire a younger individual to keep the work environment young and hip. Another discriminating factor...
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...and is derived from the works of Karl Max. Functionalism has its origins in the works of Durkheim, E who was especially interested in how social order is possible or how society remains relatively stable. Functionalist theory has got its main features and other theories have different views towards it. Value consensus is one of the key features of functionalist theory. Value consensus forms the fundamental integrating principle in society. The functionalist subscribes that the majority of the people in a community share common goals and only a few deviants oppose. This is supported by Haralambos and Holborn (2008) that if members of society are committed to the same values, they will tend to share a common identity, which provides a basis for unity and cooperation. Common goals are derived from shared values. Values provide a general conception of what is desirable and worthwhile. Goals provide direction in specific situations. For example in Western society, members of a particular workforce will share the goal of efficient production in their factory – a goal which stems from the general view...
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...neoconservatives, have avoided placing any importance of tradition and continuity needed in society thus showing tradition and continuity is less followed by conservatives now. Traditional conservatives support and defend the idea of tradition and continuity on many different grounds. For example, tradition provides a basis of religious faith that is shaped by God who is the creator of the Earth. This therefore means that traditional institutions provide natural law – tradition is seen as having accumulated wisdom from the past, these institutions and practices has been able to be “tested by time” and therefore they should be preserved for the benefit of those living now and for future generations. This means that society is based on a relationship between those who are living, those who are dead and those who are to be born – the dead always has the upper hand over society as they are the “democracy of the dead” – providing a structure for the present society to follow. Tradition and continuity also delivers a sense of identity for individuals and society as a whole, having established practices and customs that people are able to recognise creates a sense of stability and reassurance. Individuals have a sense of “rootedness”, change would lead to a journey into the unknown that creates insecurity and indecision. This links on with the view of humans beings and their...
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...Extraversion | 13 | Agreeableness | 14 | Conscientiousness | 10 | Emotional Stability | 10 | Openness to Experience | 9 | Of the skills and abilities listed in the above table, I would like to focus on Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability. The exact definition of Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability is as follows: con·sci·en·tious [kon-shee-en-shuhs, kon-see-] adjective 1. Controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; governed by conscience; principled: a conscientious judge. 2. Careful and painstaking; particular; meticulous; scrupulous: conscientious application to the work at hand. Emotional stability Emotional stability distinguishes individuals who are laid back and relaxed from those who are easily stressed and in touch with their emotions. With those definitions now fresh in your mind I’d like to discuss how I hope to develop those skills. I believe that these two traits are synonymous, in that, to be emotionally stable; it requires some sense of conscientiousness about your daily life. On a daily basis I’m challenged to exhibit both of these traits, in work, home, and school life. By focusing on my work at hand, and not being distracted by my co-workers, I anticipate working towards these goals. At home, trying to do my homework is often a challenge. With the distraction of electronics, as well as the distraction of family; it is often difficult to stay focused on my work. By conscientiously keeping myself...
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...Analyze : marketing failure Marketing Management Spring Term 2014 Marketing failure about Zenfone 5, a smartphone maded by ASUS Names : Emanuel Kirchhoff, Robin Langgärtner, 粘庭瑜, 謝忠儒 Submitted to: Huang Jan-Yao Date of submission: 09.06.2014 Table of Contents 1. Introduction of ASUS ................................................................................................. 1 2. Motives .................................................................................................................... 1 3. Objectives ................................................................................................................ 2 4. Process ....................................................................................................................... 2 4.1 Research Approach ........................................................................................ 2 4.2 Questionnaire Structure.................................................................................. 3 5. Result ......................................................................................................................... 4 5.1 Result of Questionnaire ...........................................................................4 5.2 Analysis of Questionnaire ........................................................................6 5.3 Analysis of the Market ............................................................................7 5.3.1 Horizontal Comparison ...............
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...Sam Sheehan Scandinavian 482 Rooted Relationships in Pan and Growth of the Soil Knut Hamsun utilizes contrasting romantic relationships between characters in Pan and Growth of the Soil to demonstrate the significance that being tied to a stable location brings to the health and growth of relationships; establishing each relationship with a distinct role in the plot with regards to the underlying association of being anchored to certain aspects of their lifestyle. The narrator of Pan is Thomas Glahn, a hunter living high in the Norwegian mountains. He lives a very self-reliant lifestyle that he embraces. He meets Edwarda, the daughter of the town trader described as “A child, a schoolgirl. I looked at her — she was tall, but with no figure to speak of, about fifteen or sixteen,” (Ch.2) her father, Mack, and a doctor. Edwarda visits him again and after offering Glahn to come visit her and her father, he accepts. She quickly falls in love with him, then after only somewhat being attracted to her, he begins to fall deeply in love with her. Throughout the summer their relationship becomes more established. She says things such as: "’I shall have Lieutenant Glahn. I don't care to run after anyone else.’"(Ch.10) and in response, Glahn writes: “I was deeply moved at that; the helpless look in her eyes and her little thin figure were more than I could resist; I was drawn to her in that moment. (Ch. 10)” However, he rejects her advance and says: "’afterwards,’" I said, "’No...
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...QUALTIY WORK LIFE INTRODUCTION Quality of Work Life is becoming an increasingly popular concept in recent times. There is an all round demand for developing the humanised jobs which can satisfy workers’ higher needs, employ their higher skills and make them better citizens, spouses and parents. Quality of work life is one of the most interesting approaches in organization. Employees at the grass-root level experience a sense of frustration because of low level of wages, poor working conditions, unfavourable terms of employment, in human treatment by their superiors over their conditions of employment, inter-personal conflicts, role conflicts, job pressures, lack of freedom in work, absence of challenging work etc The jobs need to be excellent both from the point of view of technology and human needs. The traditional job design needs to be replaced by enriched job design. This demand for redesigning of jobs has come to be known as quality of work life. It enjoys management to treat workers as human resources that are to be developed rather than simply used. MEANING:- The quality of work life refers to the favourableness of job environment that are excellent for people as well for the economic health of the organization and also their attitudes towards the work environment, skills and knowledge acquired, their inter-relationship with their colleagues, subordinates and supervisor, their organizational commitment, job satisfaction, job motivation, their socio-economic status...
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...English Composition II 14 November 2011 Bill is a 38 year old man whom most of his adult life has been spent in and out of prison. He is very articulate and appears to be quite intelligent. We sat down to talk, and I asked him what had happened in his life that had led him to a life of trouble? He stares at the floor, sighs and then begins to talk. “I didn’t have a father to guide me” he exclaims. His father had abandoned him and his teen mother when he was just months old. Bill’s mother had to quit school and go to work to support him. He jumped from babysitter to babysitter throughout his childhood. His mother was forced to work two jobs and was absent most of the time. There has been occasions when his mother was without work and they ended up on welfare. With his father not in the picture and his mother at work most of the time, he found himself seeking refuge with the wrong crowd of people. He got involved with drugs, and started selling them to support his habit, and ended up dropping out of school. Bill practically grew up alone, with no guidance, discipline or supervision. He has a son, whom was born out of wedlock, and has no contact with him. In spite of his apparent intelligence and with no formal education, he is not able to get a decent job. He works here-and-there doing manual labor, but he is going nowhere. He considers himself a failure and suffers from depression. Bill has tried to locate his father to ask him why he did not want him, and...
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...Critical Thinking Application When people rely on research rather than just their emotions; this is the basis of critical thinking. Critical thinking is more than just giving two looks at a situation and following a gut feeling, it is taking the time to research and plan, to strive for the most beneficial answer possible. The importance and benefits of critical thinking has most likely affected everyone’s personal or professional life at one time or another, maybe even daily. A moment of critical thinking worthy of discussing in which the nine steps of decision making became a valuable tool was the decision to remain on active duty in the United States Navy. After eight years of honorable service the military had given a choice; change jobs within the organization or take the money offered and run. This creates a problem because of the want to retire in the chosen profession was a personal career goal. Many questions along with various thoughts and feelings became extremely intense. However, there were three months ahead before a final decision had to be made. This was more than enough time to implement ones critical thinking skills and put the decision making process into effect. The first step in any situation is to identify the issue or cause for critical thinking. In this case it was to remain in the military and change jobs, possibly running the risk of being unhappy with the new career or to separate and to attend college while also becoming the mother who was desired...
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...it, such as a family, health, social care and more. There are principal sociological perspectives that provide a Marxism, Interactionism, Collectivism and Functionalism. There are many approaches used to define the societies and the) of the people who live in it. These approaches help explain how much impact and difference they make towards our society, health and well-being. According to the Functionalist perspective approach also called functionalism, each aspect on it’s on is interdependent and contributes to the society’s functioning as a whole. The government provides the society with education for everyone mainly focusing on children, which in return will pay taxes on which the state depends on to keep it running. The same family is still depending on the school to help children grow up and have good jobs and have a better future and can support their own families and themselves meaning in this processes the children become respectable taxpaying citizens who in turn support the state. Functionalism suggests that if all this goes well there will be order, productivity and stability in the society. This perspective is based on the theory of Emile Durkheim (1893). Durkheim, and Functionalists believe that in order for society to function positively each part of society must operate well, and together, in order for society on the whole to run perfectly. However if things do not go as planned society may have to find new ways or adapt to retain order, stability and productivity...
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...article deals with the issue of declining marriage rates in the United States. This analysis hopes to use a sociological perspective to explain the phenomenon. To understand the reason for declining marriage rates, it is important to understand the functions of marriage. Marriage is the first step to forming a family. Traditional functionalists would argue that the family, through marriage, serves as a basis for regulated sexual activity, economic cooperation, reproduction, socialization and emotional support (Brym & Lie, 2007) As such, a reason for the drop in marriage rates could be the fact that people no longer find that marriage fulfils this purpose. Due to the entry of women in the workforce, they are now self-sufficient and no longer rely on men for economic support. Additionally, there are plenty of other institutions available that can serve the roles that were once exclusive to the family. Emotional support can be found in religious institutions and helplines. Clubs and bars serve as places where socializations take place. Ergo, due to the emergence of various institutions that now provide services that were the cornerstones of the family, it has caused for marriage to be " no longer a necessity” in the US. Another possible reason for the declining marriage rates could be the worry that the marriage will not work out. USA has the largest divorce rate in the world, with 4.95 per 1000 people (Nationmaster.com). This may have an adverse effect on...
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