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Galpin's early work continues to be useful in geo-social research. [7] in particular the Point-and-Grid map Galpin used to analyze school zones identifying a "convex hull" around the furthest students' home location. The "convex hull" technique is used in geographic information science studies of behavioral phenomena.
The materiality turn in organization studies is the theoretical movement emphasizing objects, instruments and embodiments involved in organizations and organizing (theoretical debate [1]) and the ontologies underpinnings theories about organizations and organizing, what deeply 'matters' in the study of organizations and organizing (e.g. structures, agency, intentionality, process, movements ...
Critical junctures are turning points that alter the course of evolution of some entity (e.g., a species, a society). Critical juncture theory seeks to explain both (1) the historical origin and maintenance of social order, and (2) the occurrence of social change through sudden, big leaps. [3]
The "end of work" literature of the 1990s, therefore, is not only theoretically and empirically disconfirmed. E McGaughey, 'Will Robots Automate Your Job Away? Full Employment, Basic Income, and Economic Democracy' (2018) SSRN, part 2(2) Ayres, Robert U. (1998). Turning Point: an End to the Growth Paradigm. London: Earthscan Publications.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference is the debut book by Malcolm Gladwell, first published by Little, Brown in 2000. Gladwell defines a tipping point as "the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point." [1] The book seeks to explain and describe the "mysterious" sociological changes that mark everyday life.
Arthur Benett Shostak [1] (born May 11, 1937), is an American sociologist and futurist, and former professor of sociology at Drexel University.His research areas include futuristics, the history and future of the American work force, organized labor, industrial sociology, the management and social implications of modern technology, and Holocaust/Shoah scholarship.
Like Trump, 90% of businesses sought to enforce a 2025 RTO—but experts say employees still have power in the WFH war and will have even more once the boomers retire
The executives of the Powertrain Organization (transmissions, chassis, engines) wanted a methodology where teams (design engineering, manufacturing engineering, and production) could work on recurring chronic problems. In 1986, the assignment was given to develop a manual and a subsequent course that would achieve a new approach to solving ...