One of the main issues in this theory is dialecticism. ... Hegel says that base is economic system. He says that consciousness is being determined by economic system and this economic system includes political, educational, religious and other settings. If economic system is base it means that education, family system and law are superstructure and this superstructure has base which is economic system. ... It decides what family system should be. ...

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The Theory of Money and the Theory of Value The most important point to emerge from Marx's theory of money is the idea that money is a form of value. ... In the aggregate, for the total system of production (which of course exists only as an asymptotic abstract notion), these balance sheets and income statements exactly measure value in the sense of the labor theory of value. ... This is, in my view, the most important point in understanding Marx's theory of money. ... This aspect of the theory of money allows us to recognize Marx's theory in the reality we experience. ... ...

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Art leapt from viewable understanding straight into the Modern movement where theory became art, and to understand it, one must know the theory it is based upon. ... Essentially, artwork is not art because of theory, and art based on theory cannot be creative or truly said to be art. ... This art became Pop Art because it used sign systems and the like as its subjects. ... Theory spun the artists' brushes until the brushes could no longer create art themselves. The theory became art, and the art that would have been created through imagination and visualization became nothing, seen as...

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This reinforces the capitalist system of the dominant and the oppressed, which creates social inequality. ... According to Conflict Theory, capitalist societies reproduce themselves through the transmission and the perpetuation of a dominant culture. ... The major theoretical paradigm of Conflict Theory and Feminist Theories will be used to critically examine the educational system of elementary schools with regards to the social reproduction of gender relations, which leads to inequality. ... Chapter One is an in-depth examination of the major theoretical paradigm of Conflict Theory in...

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There are two major types of motivational theory: content and process theories. ... Vroom's expectancy theory and Skinner's reinforcement theory. ... We will examine three such approaches to managing behaviour, theory X, theory Y and theory Z. ... There are two theories: theory X and theory Y. Theory X Theory X states that workers are only motivated by one thing - money! ...

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These functions are divided into three parts: process functions, policy functions, and system functions. ... System functions create individual ideology, recruit leaders, and communicate government actions to the citizens. ... Modernization argues that there is a linear process that replaces traditional values and systems with modern Western ones and that all societies are ultimately headed toward democracy and free-market economies. ... The next grand theory is dependency theory. ... The last of the grand theories is the theory of newly industrializing countries (NIC theory). ...

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His theory involved the instance of natural selection. ... Though all religions have their own theory of creation this one proves to be most reasonable. ... Most humans just believe in spontaneous creation because if that is not true then it could set off their whole system of beliefs. ... His theory involved the instance of natural selection. ... Though all religions have their own theory of creation this one proves to be most reasonable. ...

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Juvenile delinquency is an issue that is taken very seriously by the criminal justice system. ... The juvenile justice system operates under the philosophy of parens patriae. ... There are many landmark cases that have changed the juvenile justice system. ... The theory that is used to explain this phenomenon is called the labeling theory. ... The theory of learning the actions of others and applying them to your life is called the social learning theory. ...

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In classifying motivational theories, one can broadly divide them into content, process, and reinforcement theories. ... Alderfer's ERG Theory Alderfer's theory is similar to Maslow's except that it condenses Maslow's hierarchy into three categories: existence (E), relatedness (R), and growth (G) (Werther and Davis, 1985: 401). ... According to Werther and Davis (1985: 401), the ERG theory rests on three suppositions: 1. ... Unlike Maslow's theory, which is based on a progression of satisfaction up the hierarchy, Alderfer's ERG theory includes a frustration-...

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Differences between the causes are apparent when applying these causes to the Systems Theory and later to the Power Theory. While applying the causes of spousal abuse to the Systems Theory, it is assumed that spousal violence is a function of a system, rather than individual behaviors of the members. ... THE SYSTEMS APPROACH The Systems Theory is a way of looking at the family as a system of components that interact with one another to form a whole (Brommel & Galvin, 1999). ... The purpose of the Systems Theory is to explore why things happen in the family and why changes in one member affe...

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This supreme authority is independent of the authority of the other legal systems So, the GENERAL rules, STANDING quality and HABITS are non legal notions but they are still able to build the theory of law as per Austin. Implications Austins theory allows us to work out which facts ultimately determine the content of law. ... Austin's theories failures: 1. ... Imperative theory does not explain the reflexivity of law. ... Customs theory not explained, likes stare decisis. 8. ...

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Some of the information is fact and some is theory, a condition which is characteristic of the ongoing investigations of hearing in a technological environment. Some facts will become theories and vice versa. ... Like other audio systems, the entire hearing system is subject to problems such as distortion, noise and progressive and catastrophic failure, however, if the system is operated within its design parameters then it will work well for a long time. ... The system converts motion in compressible fluid (the air in the outer ear) to motion in a mechanical system (the levers of the middle e...

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It may be that we will never be able to completely account for all of the factors determining the flight of our Frisbee, but it would be absurd for us to then conclude that the flight path is essentially random and that no causal laws governing it's flight can in theory be found. ... Therefor, if one could in theory be aware of all causes and understand the laws governing them, one could in theory predict all future events. ... The notion of freedom and free will do indeed seem to be imperiled by the notion of Determinism, but we must ask ourselves, "what is actually lost due to this...

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This essay will address theories of Scientific Management and Human Relations theories of Management, and discusses how they may be implemented into the welfare service. ... A system had to be introduced to manage the crops more effectively. ... Taylor realised that there was a growing need for a system. ... The employees believed that if they worked slower they could earn more on a piece rate system. ... (Harolambos &Holborn, 1995) The leader of the conservative party sees that the present NHS system is not working. ...

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Berkeley's Theory of Immaterialism As man progressed through the various stages of evolution, it is assumed that at a certain point he began to ponder the world around him. ... In short, the materialist feels that the information received through sense experience gives a representative picture of the outside world (the representative theory of perception), and one can not penetrate to the true essece of an object. ... If the believer in this theory were asked if a mythical beast such as a cyclops existed he would most certainly say no. ...

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1.2.3 Do a Reward System help? ... 2.2 Motivational Theories 2.2.1 Maslow's hierarchy Of Needs 2.2.2 ERG Model 2.2.3 Motivator - Hygiene model 2.2.4 McClelland's Achievement Theory 2.2.5 V"Rooms Expectance Theory. 2.2.6 Equity Theory. 3 REWARD SYTEM AS A MOTIVATOR 3.1 What is a Reward System? ... A reward system is not simply concerned with paying adequate base salaries, but has many intricate and combined elements. ... Dysfunctions arise from their divergence and the conflict of interest is most common in multinational hierarchies, and public and health...

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A further aim is the stable co-evolution of man-made systems and ecosystems. ... * The third principle demands respect of the carrying capacity both of man-made systems and of ecosystems, to prevent the construction of still-born, hypertrophic man-made systems which drag ecosystems down towards their destruction... * The ninth principle, that of cultural heritage, is interested in the stable continuation of man-made systems and the qualitative (spiritual) character of development... * The eleventh principle, that of the aesthetic value of nature, also serves qualitative development and t...

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This paper will first focus on the diversity and power of some of the weapons of mass destruction, then I will focus on the origins of military doctrine, specifically the command and control systems for launching any weapon of mass destruction. ... Countries that have had weapons of mass destruction for some time have a system of checks and balances to ensure that not just one person has total control over the weapons. These countries have had years of practice and experience in order to fine their own command and control systems. ... With this section I will briefly identify three competing...

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In theory, the purpose of marketing (and the consumer insights that drive it), is to understand consumer needs and meet them. ... Knowing that and knowing about occupy the realms of research, analysis and theory. ... Having completed the investigations and gathered enough data, these data can then be used to construct a theory, which can then be turned into practice. ... They are both one way, subject-object, outside-looking-in, stimulus-response, theory then practice. ...

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These biological theories are more developed and easier to test. ... Quay's theory rests on two assumptions. ... Despite this elaboration, Quay's focus remained on biological factors, stating that a psychopath starts life with an inborn hypo reactive nervous system. ... Underlying the scale there is an assumption that the less socialized individual is "less adept at sensing and interpreting the nuances and subtle cues of the interpersonal situation, and hence less able to evolve reliable and trustworthy residual control systems" (Gough & Sandhu). ... There were few studies don...

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Auguste Comte: 1798-1857 coined term sociology/positivism (a system of thought that regards scientific observation to be the highest form of knowledge pg13 7. ... a. social change: the alteration of social interaction, social institutions, stratification systems, and elements of culture over time b. ... Individuality- Psychoanalytic theory- Depicts the human psyche in three parts: the id, the superego, and the ego. ... Social learning theory- Considers the formation of identity to be a learned response to external social stimuli; this theory emphasizes the societal context of socialization....

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By 1912 he had completed his first major work, Theory of Money and Credit. ... In the Theory of Money and Credit, Mises tried to integrate all parts of the economic system, which had previously been separated. ... The increase begins at one point in the economic system and prices will only rise as the new money spreads in ripples throughout the economy. ... Hayek was eventually awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974 for work on the Trade Cycle Theory. This Nobel Prize for Hayak was an end result of what began in Mises The Theory of Money and C...

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Instaplast is an Integrated Management System that fully complies with any international management system. ... We have developed internal HACCP control system audited by major multinationals offering full compliance to food safety standards. ... Theories, Frameworks and Evidence There are many different theories and frameworks that I can relate with my business in order to understand the business further, one of the theories that I believe that applies to this business is the systems theory. In the systems theory, the family business is modeled into three different sections such as family, ma...

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The sociological theory of functionalism is known as a structural theory. ... This "by-product" reflects, and can also be understood, through a conflict theory perspective. The sociological theory of conflict theory is best illustrated by the "pyramid structure" by which elites dictate terms to the larger masses (Conflict Theory, 2013). All major social structures in society, then, are specifically designed to support those who have traditionally been in power, or the groups that are perceived to be superior in society according to this theory (Conflict Theory, 2013). .....

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It was this promise to historically situate postmodernism in relation to transformations in the capitalist system and the development of global multinational capital that, for many like myself who at once embraced aspects of postmodern theory whilst remaining critical of its often ambiguous political stance, was probably the single most significant aspect of Jameson's theory. At the same time, however, the precise nature of the relationship between postmodernism as a cultural phenomenon and late capitalism as a system was left somewhat under-theorized and, for myself a...

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