...influence on people’s lives, affecting certain aspects such as health and education. Marxism is a conflict theory that believes class division within society still exists between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat through the unequal distribution of wealth, power and status. The relationship between the two classes is based upon exploitation and class conflict. The proleteriat produce more goods only to get paid a low wage in return which enables the bourgeoisie to gain large profits. They believe the middle class also exists, but it is fragmented and undergone through the process of polarisation, either rising to the bourgeoisie or falling into the proletariat. The higher classes will get smaller and richer while the working class will get larger and poorer, eventually leading to revolution. Marshall argues that the underclass does not exist, claiming that the underclass would work if appropriate work was available. They also point out that half of those who claim benefits are in full-time work. They believe the concept of underclass is an ideological justification for keeping benefits low. The working class will eventually develop consciousness and will become aware that they are being exploited and will try and do something to change their position. Savage did a study in Manchester and found that many men were employed in physical or manual jobs. They belonged to social clubs where they would spend social lives and form strong community bonds. This...
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...Outline and asses the view that vocational education simply trains workers for exploitation. A Labour prime minister in the 1970's said that Britain was facing a skills crisis. Pupils were leaving school unemployable, lacking the knowledge and skills needed for Britain to compete in the global economy. This was the main reason why new vocationalism was introduced to train young people and to provide the economy with skilled workforce. On these vocational courses students are taught technical skills such as plumbing and construction. Marxist would argue that vocationalism doesn’t simply train workers for exploitation but also produces inequalities. That the real function of vocational education is to serve the needs of capitalism and tofurther produce existing inequalities.They would also argue that vocational schemes are interpreted as helping legitimise class division because they promote the idea that the middle class receive education whereas the working classes receive training. As the elite have their own schools which are known as public schools where they are not taught vocational courses this allows them to get the higher status and better paid jobs and further promotes inequality.Althusser argued that the main role of education in society is to reproduce of an efficient and obedient work force. This is achieved through schools by transmitting the ideology as school teaches individuals to compete with their pupils by trying to do better than them. It also trains future...
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...Assess Weberian explanations for social class inequalities – 40 marks In terms of social class, the lower classes face more discrimination and inequalities within every institution. Although Weber acknowledges that social class inequalities occur, but he also found that age, gender and ethnicity can be forms of discrimination as well. Not all of the working class can be homogenised for having the same experiences facing inequalities. The more power you have the less inequalities you have, this is why the working classes face more than the upper classes. Marxists would disagree with Weber as he under played the role of social class, Marx argued it was the source of inequality, they don’t place any focus on the other factors Weber identifies. Functionalists disagree with both Marx and Weber as Durkheim believed that ‘inequalities’ are just differences. They also say that those differences can be overcome because it’s down to the individuals themselves. They don’t believe that society creates the inequalities for people but that individuals create them for themselves. Weber was influenced by Karl Marx and became the third founding father of sociology, he is known has the ghost of Marx due to the high similarity between the theories. Weber’s theory is a mix of structuralism and interactionism, showing elements of both Marxism and Functionalism within it. Weber believed that society as well as the individual can influence behaviour, but also that behaviour can influence the institutions...
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...PRIVACY……………………………………………………………………………………………………8 14. 3.1 IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER………………………………………………………………………………….9 15. 3.2 RELAVANT CUSTOMER DATA……………………………………………………………………………………………9-10 16. 3.3 DATA COLLECTION LIMITS…………………………………………………………………………………………………..10 17. 3.4 INTERNAL DATA SHARING……………………………………………………………………………………………….10-11 18. 3.5 ASSURING PRIVACY………………………………………………………………………………………………………….11-12 19. 4.0 CUSTOMER VALUATION AND RETENTION……………………………………………………………………………12 20. 4.1 NEEDS DETERMINATION STRATEGY………………………………………………………………………………..12-13 21. 4.2 CUSTOMER VALUATION………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13 22. 4.3 CUSTOMER RETENTION POLICY…………………………………………………………………………………………...14 23. 5.0 SOCIAL...
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...There are multiple differences between the two programs and the objectives and competencies taught in each degree. A few differences between those competencies will be discussed in this paper along with a patient care situation involving the decision-making skills between a nurse prepared at the baccalaureate level and associate level. The first difference between the two degrees is the multiple studies on nursing education linked to patient outcomes. These studies all show that the hospitals with a higher percentage of nurses baccalaureate level of nursing resulted in a lower mortality rate for their patients. In the January 2007 Journal of Advanced Nursing they reported findings that indicated just a 10% increase in the proportion of nurses who held a bachelor’s degree resulted in 9 fewer deaths for every 1,000 discharged patients. (Robert) The patient’s improvement in health and outcome is the main reason for practicing as a nurse and a foundation for studying to become a nurse in the first place. Seeing actual results in fewer deaths all because of a higher degree is a huge difference between the skills and competencies of these degrees. This alone could be enough to promote a...
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...Dominican Republic Has It All Coca Cola is an internationally renowned brand. Coca Cola is a beverage company and the world leader in soft drink sales. Coca-Cola produces and distributes several brands in the United States and internationally. The company also produces and markets many fruit juices and other non-soda beverages. The Coca-Cola Company is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Coca-Cola’s soft drinks include its flagship product Coca-Cola which is popularly known as Coke. Coca Cola has globalized its product and has done tremendously well in world markets. The soft drink industry in the Dominican Republic has seen steady growth over the past few decades. As the economy of the Dominican Republic continues to grow, so will the needs and wants of consumers. Coca Cola already has a step in the Dominican Republic market. However, Coca Cola has continued to elevate their promotional strategies in order to obtain a larger market share and fair well in the Dominican Republic. The target market for Coca Cola is the entire population. Coca Cola has a very strong brand name. The strong brand name is what makes the company and its products popular. It brings the company huge amounts of profit and worldwide recognition. Due to its reputation, Coca Cola has the ability to target the entire population of the Dominican Republic. Its product has been around for almost a century. Coca Cola is a globalized product, meaning that Coca Cola is basically the same throughout the...
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...Social Class is still the main determinant of voting behavior. Social classes have always had a ‘usual’ party to vote for. For example, working class usually vote Labour whereas middle class usually vote Conservative. However, social classes seem to vote differently than expected due to different party policies and which will effect personally or affairs they are more concerned about in today’s society. Usually, people may feel they should vote for a certain party due to their social class. Class dealignment then come to light in the 70s after there was a massive decline in people voting according to their social class. The decline has continued. However, people may start to feel they belong to a different class as job opportunities are changing, and there are less people in tertiary jobs, with more people getting and education and professional jobs. People who would have been ‘working class’ may begin to view themselves as lower middle class. This is class dealignment. In the 2010 General Election the Conservatives gained from all groups with the exception of the lowest class DE which stayed Labour. ABC1 (grouped together) had a 39% vote for the Conservatives while Labour had 27%. In the C2 class 37% voted Conservative compared to 29% for Labour, and in the DE group 31% voted Conservative and 40% Labour. In the 40’s it was clear that social class was the main determinant of the way people voted. They would vote according to their natural class. A and B voting Conservative...
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...standards, acquiring its beliefs, habits, values, and accepted modes of behavior primarily through imitation, family interaction, and educational systems; it is primarily the procedure by which society integrates the individual. An agent of socialization is an individual or institution tasked with the replication of the Social Order. An agent of socialization is responsible for transferring the rules, expectations, norms, values, and folkways of a given social order. In advanced capitalist society, the principle agents of socialization include the family, the media, the school system, religious and spiritual institutions, and peer groups. It is important to note that our current social order is a tiered social order. It is based on authority, hierarchy, and the differential assignment of value to human individuals (i.e., some individuals like CEOs and presidents are worth more than others). Within this context, individuals receive differential socialization. Those born into the lower tiers receive a socialization process geared to fitting them into the low level, wage based sectors of The System. Those born into the higher tiers receive specialized education designed to train them as low level managers, as corporate or political rulers, etc. There are a number of things that can affect an individual’s socialization process. The amount of impact that each of the agents has on an individual will depend on the situation, the individuals experiences, and the stage of life the...
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...College students’ academic motivation, media engagement and fear of missing out Journals Books Download PDF Sign in Export Article outline is loading... Search ScienceDirect Help Advanced search Computers in Human Behavior Volume 49, August 2015, Pages 111–119 107578|| College students’ academic motivation, media engagement and fear of missing out Dorit Alt Show more doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.057 Highlights • Possible links between FoMO, social media engagement, and three motivational constructs were examined. • A new scale was designed to measure the extent to which students used social media tools in the classroom. • The links between social media engagement and motivational factors were mediated by FoMO. Abstract The concerns about the consequences of mental problems related to use of social media among university students have recently raised consciousness about a relatively new phenomenon termed Fear of Missing Out (FoMO). Drawing on the selfdetermination theory and on the assumption that low levels of basic need satisfaction may relate to FoMO and social media engagement, the aim of the present research was to examine for the first time possible links between FoMO, social media engagement, and three motivational constructs: Intrinsic, extrinsic and amotivation for learning. Data were gathered from 296 undergraduate students by using the following scales: Social Media Engagement (SME), Fear of Missing Out (FoMOs) and Academic Motivation...
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...To what extent does biology affect our life experiences and how much impact does society have? The concept of “nature vs. nurture” remains to be a profound aspect when it comes to studying sociology. The social class we fall in, the education we receive, the gender roles we play, and the media we are exposed to prove to be much larger components in shaping who we are than our chemical makeup. Of course, there are many other key elements that determine our behaviors and morals such as religion, race/ethnicity, and geographic location, but for the purpose of this assignment I am going to concentrate on the first suggested social institutions and statuses. I have been fortunate to have had the chance to study exactly how socialization affects an individual and apply it to my own personal life. I have gained a greater understanding of why I am the way I am, and why my children are the way they are. This insight will surely be used to improve the quality of their futures, as well as my own. Chronic disease has become a major issue in the United States and this isn’t because of a genetic change. Changes in society have led to many Americans who consume a high calorie, low nutrition diet which is affecting their children and children’s children. Studies show that the gestational period, followed by the first two years of a child’s life sets the foundation of health for years to follow. In The First 1000 Days: A Legacy for Life, BBC Radio 4(2011) Dr Mark Porter explains how long-term...
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...views of how society operates for instance a Marxist would claim that there are only 2 classes and it is very hard to progress up a class whereas a functionalist would disagree and claim the harder you work, the more you achieve and the better your social position. Functionalists believe society works like a human body for instance every part of society works to keep it going just like organs in a body and that the human body grows and develops as does society. They also believe that society is more important than the individual and that social institutions exist in order to keep the social order. For example the education system socialises us into the culture of society and this provides us with our values which support the society. A Marxist would disagree with this view, they see social institutions being used by the ruling class to control the working class and that education give people their values which support the bourgeoisie exploitation. For example in a child’s learning life they are taught to strictly obey rules which follows them into working life. Functionalists also believe in meritocracy which is if you work harder, you get further. For example someone born into a poverty stricken household can grow up to become a billionaire if they work hard enough and have the talent to succeed. A Marxist strongly disagrees with this view and sees society as having only two classes, the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Marxism states that the bourgeoisie control the...
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...communications, how they are assigned tasks, satisfaction with their careers and positions as well as questions about the state of business ethics in Johnson & Johnson and problem areas they were able to identify in domestic and international communications. In response to the collected data, Johnson & Johnson created a Professional Communications Task Force which was given the responsibility of implementing changes to the way business is conducted. After careful consideration, the Task Force is proposing a six layer response to the survey. This response will lay out the six areas of concern and the proposed changes which are to be implemented in Fiscal Year 2016. The Task Force has recommended specific changes and new training and education initiatives that will be initiated to improve employee relations, customer relations and professional communications efficiencies. It is the sincere hope of Johnson & Johnson that these changes will being mend some of the concerns currently held by employees and customers around the world. Here at Johnson & Johnson, we pride ourselves in leading the way in workplace efficiency and satisfaction of both employees and customers. Professional Communication is one of the areas in which we try to lead. But recent employee satisfaction surveys and data indicating a drop in efficiency have become a cause for concern. In order to combat this declining trend, this Business...
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...1.0 INTRODUCTION Recently, obesity has become an epidemic in America. The condition has accelerated in the past thirty to fifty years, and its health effects are devastating.Obesity among American youth has doubled in the past 3 decades , and now more than two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese (Ogden et al., 2014). However, obesity has also become a major public health problem in many parts of the world too. According to the findings published in the journal Circulation, worldwide 40 percent of men and 30 percent of women are now overweight, and 24 percent of men and 27 percent of women are obese .In Malaysia,reports reveals that 49 percent of women and 44 percent of men in Malaysia were found to be obese (The Lancet,2014). As the sayings goes “the longer your waist line, shorter your lifeline.” U.N. World Health Organization report reveals that overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risk for global deaths. At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese. However, the number of children who are obese is also growing at an alarming rate. Globally, in 2010 the number of overweight children under the age of five is estimated to be over 42 million. Currently, in Malaysia, 1 in every 5 school-going children is overweight or obese. In this paper,the first part we will discuss about what is obesity.The second part,we will explain the causes of childhood obesity.Lastly,we will suggest a few ideas can be implemented...
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...Impact of Social Media use on Academic Performance among university students: A Pilot Study Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi1 Mohd Shahizan Othman2 e-mail: abumunir82@yahoo.com e-mail: shahizan@utm.my Author(s) Contact Details: 1,2 Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia Abstract — There is no doubt that Social media has gained wider acceptability and usability and is also becoming probably the most important communication tools among students especially at the higher level of educational pursuit. As much as social media is viewed as having bridged the gap in communication that existed. Within the social media Facebook, Twitter and others are now gaining more and more patronage. These websites and social forums are way of communicating directly with other people socially. Social media has the potentials of influencing decision-making in a very short time regardless of the distance. On the bases of its influence, benefits and demerits this study is carried out in order to highlight the potentials of social media in the academic setting by collaborative learning and improve the students' academic performance. The results show that collaborative learning positively and significantly with interactive with peers, interactive with teachers and engagement which impact the students’ academic performance. Keywords –social media usage, collaborative learning, higher education and students’ academic performance. 1. INTRODUCTION The social media has become...
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...Unit 7- sociological perspectives for health and social care P1 – Explain the principal sociological perspectives Sociological Perspectives | Main Points | Criticisms | Functionalism | Functionalist believe that just as the body functions through the efficient interrelationship of major organs and has disease, so the different institutions in society each have particular contributions to make. They work together and use methods of social control to deal with deviant members or groups, to ensure that society functions smoothly. Parsons (1902-1979) saw society as a system made up of interrelated institutions, which contributed to its smooth running and continuity. He thought that the main role of an institution is to socialise individuals and ensure that they understood the underlying values of their society and behave in acceptable ways. Murdock(1897-1985) did a study of the family, examined over 250 societies and concluded that in all societies the family performed 4 functions: * Sexual function which was allowed for the expression of sexuality in an approved context * Reproductive function which provided stability for the rearing children * Socialisation included the responsibility of teaching children the acceptable ways of behaving in society * Economic function meant that food, shelter, and financial security had to be provided for the family membersParsons(1951) argued that the family had only two basic functions which were: * The primary socialisation of children...
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