What is Social Capital?
Social capital can be delineated as networks in tandem with shared norms, values and knowledge that aid collaboration within or among groups. It alludes to the resources accessible in and via individual and business networks. These resources comprise of conceptions, data, information, business prospects, power, capital and emotional support (OECD, 2016). Kritsotakis and Gamarnikow (2004) explain that social capital can be delineated as the summation of five characteristics. First is the existence of community networks, which encompasses human interrelation within a community through societies, groups and other networks.… Continue Reading...
only to assets in the traditional sense but also to cultural capital, human capital, and social capital. A combination of different types of capital creates the type of "wealth" needed to succeed in a competitive environment. These findings have implications for educational policy and social services, but there is a complex interaction of individual variables and cultural variables in learning.
References
Zhang, L.F. & Sternberg, R.J. (2010). Learning in a cross-cultural perspective. Learning and Cognition.
Week 2
The study described in "Self-Regulated Learning and Social Cognitive Theory" in the text talks about the concept of self-regulation and agency in terms of social cognitive theory. Results… Continue Reading...
Rome than its leaders might have imagined. Lacking the interest in or wherewithal to use cultural and social capital, Rome faltered.
Why did Rome have so much difficulty in adjusting itself politically and militarily to its empire?
Adjusting militarily and politically to empire is no small feat. The rapid way Rome conquered new lands and amassed new territories seemed easy on paper but in practice, managing and monitoring these new territories proved difficult for a number of reasons. For one, the new territories were polyglot and multicultural. They were as diverse as Spain and Israel. Rome had no interest in a type of leadership that would empire… Continue Reading...
whole (Loch et al., 2010).
In accordance to Benko and Weisberg (2008), when such experienced personnel depart, the intellectual and social capital they have amassed within their organization as well as the ecosystems across their industries leave as well. The transference of such knowledge with the new personnel being left behind in the organization is fundamental. Therefore, being a new bank branch, retaining the emerging, experienced, as well as committed leaders will be a strategic necessity for ABC Bank now more than ever (Benko and Weisberg, 2008). With regard to technology, one of the key aspects that Sally and ABC Bank ought to embrace is the creation of virtual workplace… Continue Reading...
