Social Work Theory and Clinical Practice Application of Role Theory to a Case Study This week, you will use role theory to apply to your chosen case study. In other words, your theoretical orientation—or lens—is role theory as you analyze the case study. Use the same case study you chose in Week 2. (Remember: You […]
Write a 1-page assignment summarizing and giving your reactions to the following article ( The Amish as both a Religious and Ethnic Minority).
The Amish as both a Religious and Ethnic Minority Write a 1-page assignment summarizing and giving your reactions to the following article below. The group tolerance.org has prepared materials relating to the history, beliefs, observances and customs of the Amish, a religious minority based largely in the United States http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish.htm http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish.htm The Amish represent a […]
What advice do you have for the Interim President on how to improve New York City Transit’s Rapid Transit Operations structure to better accomplish its goals?
Functional vs Divisional Structure. Organizational change. Question Craig Cipriano is the interim President of New York City Transit (NYCT), one of six agencies within the Metropolitan Transit Authority. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the MTA budget and has led to significant service changes including unheard of overnight closures of the train system. While President Cipriano […]
What big ideas or big technological changes do you see in the years ahead? Is change something we manage well?
Social Change Chapter 20 deals with the issue of social change. Sociologists tell us that social change is created by a) new technologies and or b) new or shifting ideas or beliefs. Maybe it’s both, but we have to understand it is generally one or the other that leads the way. For example – from […]
Share your thoughts about symbols or rituals that we sometimes participate in without even thinking much about them.
Holiday Festival Share your thoughts about symbols or rituals that we sometimes participate in without even thinking much about them. How are these moments made special through emotions and memories? Enjoy being around holiday or festive events from all religions/cultures without ever feeling obligated to celebrate or not celebrate.
How does your life, career, choices, obligations compare to those of your parents or grandparents?
Sociological Imagination C. Wright Mills coined the phase “the Sociological Imagination” and discussed it as helping us understand “the Intersection of Biography and History”. This is powerful stuff! The understanding of our individual lives within the context of large historical, social and economic factors. Here we are in 2021/22, in the midst of the first […]
What insights does sociology have to offer about what is happening in America relative to these issues?
Health and Wellness While the United States is a wealthy nation and spends vast resources on healthcare services, Americans overall are not so healthy and in fact, our life expectancy is decreasing. Chapter 18 in the text discusses Health, Healthcare and Disability. While the covid crisis has created a health crisis, we have to understand […]
How did you view social class and how has that changed over time and recently after reading the course materials?
Thoughts of Social Stratification. Sociologists talk a lot about wealth, poverty, social class, upward and downward mobility, social status…we are quite fixated on these topics, they are at the core of our discipline to some extent. Prior to this class, how did you view social class and how has that changed over time and recently […]
Discuss a leader that you admire and what has made that person effective within this context.
Leadership and Authority The topic of great or not so great leaders is the stuff that floods newspapers, best selling book lists, the History Channel, social media, college courses… we talk about it alot. According to the text, authority or leadership comes down to this: 1) Authority refers to power that people accept as legitimate […]
Using a single story or passage from the Bible, explore what capital T truth the story holds for our world today.
“Capital T-truths” in the Bible. Write a four page paper that answers the question: How is the Bible true. (Note, this is different than asking if the Bible is true). Using a single story or passage from the Bible, explore what capital T truth the story holds for our world today. Paper must incorporate at […]