is both inimitable and appropriable. Because of its characteristics, organisational tacit knowledge is usually created and shared through highly interactive conversation and shared experience, i.e., through a socialisation process. At the firm’s level, the effectiveness of the socialisation process depends on the firm’s social capital. At group level, it has been argued that communities of practice form the basis of a firm's ability to create and share tacit knowledge. Therefore, investigating the
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Introduction In today’s society television is a huge agent of socialisation for everybody. Television is the number one past-time in the world. On average 40% of Irish people watch more than three hours of television a day, (Condon, 2005). We believe that many people are influenced by what they see and hear on their televisions. We have chosen “The Production’s” of Simon Cowell. Simon Cowell is one, if not the most powerful man in the music business. Of all of Simon’s productions we have chosen
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square of crime”. This means that when investigating the problem of crime, sociologists should consider the roles of the state (as they have the power to define what is criminal), the offender (i.e. what motivates them), the public (because they are an agent of informal social control, and fear of public stigmatisation is viewed as one of the most powerful determinants of behaviour) and most importantly, the victim, because it is ultimately the victim which decides whether a crime has occurred. Such an
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For this assignment I am going to write about my understanding and acknowledgement of the sociological perspectives and the approaches of sociology in the health and social sector. I will also include the concepts of sociology within health and social care while exploring the elements of health and illness. Sociology is the study of how society is organised and how people experience life, it is based on global issues that can affect the living beings. Sociology helps us to understand the structure
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Outline and Assess functionalist explanations for ethnic inequality Functionalists hold the view that ethnic inequality is a dysfunctional for society, and that ethnic minorities need to become more similar to the white majority. This is known as Assimilation theory, which is staunchly criticised by the Marxists who believe racism exists to justify the inequalities that are so wide spread by the Bourgeoisie via Capitalism. Weberianism concurs with Marxists (so they diverge from the Functionalists)
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means that when studying the problem of crime, sociologists should consider the roles of the state (they have the power to define what is criminal and what is not), the offender (what motivates them, material deprivation and so on), the public (an agent of informal social control; fear of public stigmatisation is regarded as one of the most commanding elements of behaviour) and lastly but importantly, the victim, as ultimately the victim is the one that decides whether a crime has happened. Such a
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In essence, this means that when investigating the problem of crime, sociologists should consider the roles of the state (as they have the power to define what is criminal), the offender (i.e. what motivates them), the public (because they are an agent of informal social control, and fear of public stigmatisation is viewed as one of the most powerful determinants of behaviour) and most importantly, the victim, because it is ultimately the victim which decides whether a crime has occurred. Such an
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writer, with reference to the above authors’ views sees socialization as a process by which pupils or individuals learn a culture acceptable to a society in which they dwell. This socialization process as once stated is done at different socializing agents and places, the school being one of them. The school imparts values, norms and religions to the child. Morgan Zintec Module (2010:20) defines a school as a formal institution of learning. The writer defines the school as the institution where most
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against females offending * Females crimes such as shoplifting are less likely to be reported * Even when women’s crimes are detected or reported, they are less likely to be prosecuted The chivalry thesis It argues that most criminal justice agents are men, and men are socialised to act in a chivalrous way towards women * Otto Pollack: men have a protective attitude towards women * Criminal justice system is more lenient with women and so their crimes are less likely to end up in oficial
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education , specifically the use of media and technology, children‟s educational TV , and some electronical gadgets ownership. Since some decades the media‟s presence in children is completly omnipresent. The media is used by children as an agent of socialisation on their knowledge. Children‟s news media use social intructions acquaintances function as primary sources of causal effects for each other. Thus the media‟s effects are getting more and more important in the children‟s educational system
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