Freedom, one of our most common and powerful concepts, is used (and misused) with extraordinarily little appreciation of its significance. Not only is freedom poorly understood, but we are falsely confident that we do understand it (Dudley 24). One of my main goals in this paper, therefore, is to explain it. In order to do so, freedom ought to be understood or conceived by comparison. […]

Theories of Ethnocentrism: Social Dominance Theory and Social Identity Perspective Compare and Contrast critically evaluate in light of relevant research and theoretical reasoning A major focus of psychology is in understanding why group conflict, inequality and ethnocentrism occur. Many researchers have developed theories and presented evidence to try and explain these issues and two predominant approaches have emerged. The first approach focuses on the relatively […]

Abstract: Enhancing motivation of key workers, 2009, explains the usefulness of popular theoretical frameworks in business organizations today. It presents in gist the idea behind such theories as expectancy, goal-setting and equity, among others, with the understanding that these are still under continuing research to prove their validity. These theories are compared as to their application to workplace motivation with the goal of producing more […]

It is also important to remember that in order to make the team’s successful; team members should be corporative and not competitive with each other. The team members should trust each other in the tea and there should not be any conflicts and nobody should feel betrayed. Most importantly team members should represent a team which is cohesive and a sense of “we-ness” should prevail. […]

According to Freud, there is no such thing as an accident, but rather an unconscious desire. Freud developed the theory of Bungled Actions as a method to explain when things happen that seem to be accidental but play right into what that person desires at the time. The desire may not even be a conscious or purposeful event, but can be something that is desired […]

“A critical theory of hegemony directs attention to questioning the prevailing order of the world. ”(Bieler, Morton, pg 82) One of the most famous theorists of Neo Gramscanism is Robert Fox. His contribution towards the formation of conceptual frame work is immense. According to his ideological frame work “Hegemony a form of dominance but it refers more to a consensual order. ”(Bieler, Morton, pg 82)According […]

Social Learning Theory Social Learning Theory is based on the fact that people learn from one another, via observation, imitation, and modeling. Social learning theory explains human behaviour in terms of continuous mutual interaction between cognitive, behavioral, and environmental influences. Outline of research: Bobo Doll experiment The Bobo doll experiment was conducted by Bandura and studied patterns of behaviour associated with aggression. Bandura carried out […]

The level of economic stability in any economy depends on both macro and microeconomic variables. Within the scope of the macroeconomic tools various, markets are deemed to be influential. These include the money market, the goods/commodity market, the labour market, capital and also foreign market. For stabilisation purpose, all the markets should be at equilibrium both in the supply and demand sides. The labour market […]

This paper consists of early theories of learning and development. It starts out with the basics of learning and development and ends with the theories of a few scientists. The first theory is ACT, introduced by John Anderson. ACT is an acronym for Adaptive Character of Thought. The second theory is The Elaboration Theory, introduced by Charles Reigeluth. Jean Piaget’s Genetic Epistemology appears in this […]

Maslow’s Motivational Theory By Tammy McNiel Everest University Abstract In this paper I will describe how to solve problems within a company using Maslow’s theory. I will also describe in this paper how using Maslow’s theory differs from Herzberg’s and McGregor’s theory. ? How would you solve this problem using Maslow’s motivational theory? I would solve this problem using Maslow’s motivational theory by implementing team […]