scholarly journals Adolescents Talking about Personal Responsibility

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Amanda Mergler ◽  
Prof Wendy Patton
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
White Middle Class ◽  
And Control

The role of personal responsibility in the lives of adolescents remains a largely overlooked area in the psychological and educational fields. The present study used focus groups of 20 white, middle-class adolescents to examine how they understand and integrate the notion of personal responsibility into their lives. Key themes, including awareness of thoughts and feelings, behavioural choices and control, and consideration of consequences were found to be important components of the personal responsibility variable. Interesting gender differences were noted, with females and males identifying different emotions as being within or outside their control, and only females said that concern for the feelings of others was a major factor in decision-making. The key themes served to generate parameters with which to define the personal responsibility variable.

scholarly journals “Our Architecture Has Long Acquired Global Significance”: International Contacts of the Union of Soviet Architects in the 1930s

2021 ◽  
pp. 127-139
Author(s):  
E. V. Konysheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Cultural Diplomacy ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Direct Object ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
And Control

The article is focused on the international contacts of the Soviet architecture in the 1930s. The direct object of the research is the cross-border communications of the Union of Soviet Architects: the tasks and forms of contacts of Soviet architects with foreign colleagues and institutions, as well as the role of the Union of Architects in this process; mechanisms of interaction with the authorities and tactics of the professional community in the context of regulation and control of international relations; conflicting nodes of state and professional interests. It is shown that in its international contacts, the Union of Architects did not appear as an independent actor, as it did not have institutional independence in international communications, autonomy in decision-making and its own resources for the implementation of projects. The institutional nature of the interaction prevailed; personal contacts were minimized and included into collective strategies. The international activity of the Union of Architects was part of the state policy of “cultural diplomacy” and had not only a professional, but also a propaganda-ideological component. The authorities ignored the professional motives of the architectural community if they did not coincide with governmental tasks. However, it is shown that the Union of Architects had its own tactics and realized its professional interests, using the interest of the state in a particular project. As a result, the thesis is presented that state regulation and total control sharply narrowed the possibilities of cross-border communications of the architectural community, distorted their forms and contents, but did not destroy them. The discovery and study of new documents shows that the myth of the cultural autarchy of the Stalinist USSR is not confirmed by the example of an architectural field.

Management as a combination of science and art (Review)

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-146
Author(s):  
Elena Sharko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Control Algorithms ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Ethical Management ◽  
Science And Art ◽  
Decision Making Models ◽  
And Control

The features of management in various economic areas are considered. Decision-making models, strategies, principles and control algorithms are analyzed. The role of ethical management in the effective management of international and cross-cultural groups is shown.

Race and Culture

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy L. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
White Middle Class ◽  
Mainstream Culture ◽  
Race And Culture

The conflicting racial and cultural values that underpin much of the Supreme Court’s decision making in civil rights cases are brought under critical review in this chapter as part of a larger argument regarding cultural diversity made in the next chapter. Thus, this chapter is a bridge between the socio-legal and socio-cultural race problems. In preparation for arguing in the next chapter that cultural diversity rides with a corpse in its cargo—to wit, cultural subordination—this chapter discusses the conflicting racial and cultural crosscurrents of the American middle class and working class. White-middle-class values, more than any other values, shape the American mainstream culture—“It’s the Middle Class, Stupid!”—wherein the problem of cultural subordination lies.

scholarly journals Gender Inequality and Adaptive Capacity: The Role of Social Capital on the Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loan Phan ◽  
Sue Jou ◽  
Jun-Hua Lin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

Climate change has exacerbated gender inequality, and women are a vulnerable group. Previous research attributed this to physical gender differences, gender differences in ownership and control of natural resources, and socioeconomic status. We used a survey of 99 participants, seven focus group discussions, and 13 in-depth interviews in a coastal community in Vietnam to gain insight into the roots of gender inequality in the capacity to adapt to climate change. We analysed the role of social capital in regulating and mobilising other livelihood assets from a gendered perspective and found that gender norms explain the division and interactions of men and women in formal and informal networks. Based on our results, we suggest that policy-makers should pay more attention to gender issues when proposing climate change policies and reducing the gender imbalance in the impact of climate change adaptation.

Drawing Out Democracy: The Role of Sortition in Preventing and Overcoming Organizational Degeneration in Worker-Owned Firms

2019 ◽  
pp. 105649261986803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Pek
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Worker Ownership ◽  
Complex Building ◽  
And Control ◽  
Major Decision

Fostering sustainable worker ownership and control of their organizations has long been an aspiration for many. Yet, the growth of worker-owned firms (WOFs) is often accompanied by organizational degeneration: the tendency for a small oligarchy of unrepresentative workers to control democratic structures at the expense of the participation of everyday workers. Prior research suggests that organizational degeneration occurs naturally as WOFs become larger and more complex. Building on and departing from this work, I argue in this essay that an important cause is likely to be current practice around how worker representatives are selected—specifically, the near-universal reliance on elections. As an alternative, I argue that the application of sortition—the use of lotteries—to select worker representatives in major decision-making bodies such as boards of directors and councils could help prevent and overcome organizational degeneration, while also offering additional social and business benefits for workers and their organizations.

scholarly journals Social Transformation of Gender Role in the Area of Sebangau National Park

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Evi Nurleni
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
National Park ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Fishing Gear ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
And Control ◽  
Fair Access

AbstractThis study aims to describe the role of reproductive, productive and community working of the society of KerengBangkirai and to know the requirement of woman practice and strategic needs in KerengBangkirai. It used qualitative approach with humans as study object. The object of study is the KerengBangkirai society. The result showed that the role of reproductive role became women’s responsibility, either wife/mother or daughter. The role of gender within the community showed the lack of access and women’s control in making important decision. In fact, women are usually missed from village officers’ attention. The women’s practical needs include skills of using fishing gear, child care provider, child room building and others. Then, women’s strategic needs include authority alteration in term of decision-making involvement, equalling job division in domestic sector, women’s involvement in paid toilets as their productive workspace, violence awareness of gender-based and achieving fair access and control.

Environmental Defence: What More Can the Salvor Do?

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
Michael J. Lacey
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Central Position ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Control Functions ◽  
Integrated Response ◽  
And Control

ABSTRACT Casualty response must be a team effort if it is to be successful. Equally, the hard decisions must be taken by the Salvage Master at the scene. This paper considers the ways in which the objectives of integrated response and efficient command decision making can be achieved in a spill situation. The paper reviews the role of the Salvage Master, salvage strategies that aim to keep the pollutant in the ship, the integration of command and control functions in the light of the Salvage Master's central position, the questions surrounding responder liability, new developments in salvage contracts, and the role of the P&I Club in relation to the salvage function. The paper explores these issues by reviewing a series of major salvage cases, including the Sea Empress, Nassia, and Nakhodka. The case studies provide an overview of each operation, consider the command and control issues and set out the lessons for the handling of future operations.

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