Religion, Social Policy, and Social Work Practice Faith-based Services in Public Welfare It is generally accepted that the church has been a locus of social service and social change throughout America’s history, and “that the concept of human services emerged, at least partially, from a religious base” (Ellor, Netting, ; Thibault, 1999, p. 13). Furthermore, it is recognized that the social work profession in the […]

The social integration theory takes a look in to how relationships go from very basic and shallow to intimate strong relationships. I can relate to this theory in both my personal and professional life. In my current relationship with my wife we were at a point where our relationship was very shallow and TLD really mean anything. We hung out with each other and had […]

Much research and thought has been put into our school’s programs to meet the needs of many diverse learners. Throughout time, theorists have developed any theories that we, as educators, continue to use to this day. Thanks to their contributions, we have been provided with the best educational tools to cultivate young minds today. Every educator has their own opinion as to what theory they […]

This essay explains about the emergence of group behaviour in organizations and how organizational behaviour and management thinking has been influenced from the social aspects of groups. It will also discuss about the improvement in performance and innovation in organizations with the help of group-based theories. The essay will also give a brief introduction of leadership in organizations and explain whether it is a social […]

The Nebular Theory is one of the famous theories which explains the formation of the universe primarily the stars, planets and other heavenly bodies. The theory was first applied on to the creation of the solar system and was later applied to the universe. It is sometimes called solar nebular model. According to the theory, the universe was created accidentally from a cloud of dust […]

Introduction In the prevailing business environment which is marked by high level of competitiveness and a challenging international free market economy, business managers are required to have global cultural understanding skills in addition to their domestic cultural ones alone. Chen and Eastman (1997 p.454) mention: “despite differences in the level of analysis and standpoints of organizations versus subgroups, both the integration and differentiation perspectives on […]

GROUP THEORY Theory is a set of related ideas that has the potential to describe, explain, and/or predict human experience in an orderly fashion. A theorist develops a structural map of commonalities that he or she expects to observe or has observed. A method, as defined in Webster’s Dictionary, is a procedure, technique, or way of doing something, especially in accordance with a definite plan. […]

I think that constructivist learning theory will be of great help in making positive changes in history learning process as history isn’t simply dates and facts. The central idea of the theory is that every learner will construct meanings and attitudes toward particular event, historical period and epoch individually. In such a way, constructivist theory encourages critical and creative thinking as students are allowed to […]

A schema describes an organized pattern of thought or behavior. Scripts are schemas which provide information about a sequence of events. Self-schemas organize information we have about ourselves, such as our strengths and weaknesses. The last is the social schema, which represents information about groups of people, and this is how stereotypes are also developed. Bartlett (1932) wanted to look at the effect that schemas […]

Contract Theory and One Harrier Jet     John Leonard’s pursuit of the Harrier jet was a classic example of how to distinguish between a valid and invalid contract. Leonard should have kept in mind the four elements of a valid contract. The first requires a meeting of the minds, which means that both parties understand the terms of the contract and agree to the basics […]