The following resources are in alphabetical order by title. Enjoy! Thanks for reading!
Category: Sociology
What Are The Nine Team Roles Useful In Group Goal Achievement?
“The types of behaviour in which people engage are infinite. But the range of useful behaviours, which make an effective contribution to team performance, is finite. These behaviours could be grouped into a set…
What Are The Functional Task And Social Roles Of Group Members?
Some roles are common amongst most groups and tend to emerge spontaneously. Separated by sociologists into either “task roles” or “social roles”, these “unformalized behavior patterns” and “situational identities”, develop over time…
Why Care About Roles? Social Dilemmas, Exchange Relationships, And Psychological Needs
According to R.H. Turner, a role is a “cluster of behaviors and attitudes that are thought to belong together” and role players are “guided by a set of expectations… so that an individual is viewed as…
The Developmental Sequence In Small Groups
In his work, Bruce W. Tuckman proposes four general stages of group development, stating that, “In the social realm, these stages in the developmental sequence are testing-dependence, conflict, cohesion, and functional roles. In the…
What Is The Industrial Revolution (And Why Should I Care)?
What’s the T.L.D.R? – Industrial Revolution means transformation, disruption, and opportunity: the Industrial Revolution has enabled an increased scale in human organization, facilitated specialization and coordination, brought together groups of people in…
The Big List Of Elinor Ostrom Quotes
Elinor Ostrom challenged previous frameworks and assumptions about property, resolving the “Tragedy In Commons” and providing us with a practical, alternative view of an appropriate arrangement of resources. This view has been…
The Big List Of Sun Tzu Quotes
“The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not…
The Big List Of Miyamoto Musashi Quotes
“… taking position with the long sword in both hands is not the true Way. However, in times when it is difficult to strike and kill a man with one hand, you…
The Big List Of St. Thomas Aquinas Quotes From The Summa Theologica
“… hope is called the entrance to faith…” – St. Thomas Aquinas (IIa IIae QQ.17) Today we share the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274) from his masterpiece ‘Summa Theologica’, which was…