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  2. Parent–teacher association - Wikipedia

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    A parent teacher organization (PTO) is a formal organization that consists of parents, teachers, and school staff. The organization's goals may vary from organization to organization but the core goals include parent volunteerism, teacher and student encouragement, community involvement, and student and family welfare.

  3. Role theory - Wikipedia

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    Role strain or "role pressure" may arise when there is a conflict in the demands of roles, when an individual does not agree with the assessment of others concerning his or her performance in his or her role, or from accepting roles that are beyond an individual's capacity. Role making is defined by Graen as leader–member exchange.

  4. Nurturant parent model - Wikipedia

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    The nurturant parent model is a parenting style, built upon an underlying value system, [citation needed] that goes in contrast with the strict father model. Each system reflects a contrasting value system in parenthood, i.e. conservative parenting and liberal parenting.

  5. Organizational structure - Wikipedia

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    The Weberian characteristics of bureaucracy are: Clear defined roles and responsibilities; A hierarchical structure; Respect for merit; Bureaucratic structures have many levels of management ranging from senior executives to regional managers, all the way to department store managers.

  6. Role model - Wikipedia

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    Role models can also be national. for example, Chilean politicians and intellectuals had France as the prime role model during much of the 19th century until they shifted to Germany in the last decades of the century. [8] In short, a role model is a person looked to by others as an example to be imitated.

  7. Role - Wikipedia

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    An achieved role is a position that a person assumes voluntarily which reflects personal skills, abilities, and effort. An ascribed role is a position assigned to individuals or groups without regard for merit but because of certain traits beyond their control, [2] and is usually forced upon a person.

  8. Organizational architecture - Wikipedia

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    Organizational architecture, also known as organizational design, is a field concerned with the creation of roles, processes, and formal reporting relationships in an organization. It refers to architecture metaphorically, as a structure which fleshes out the organizations.

  9. Organization - Wikipedia

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    Sociology distinguishes the term organization into planned formal and unplanned informal (i.e. spontaneously formed) organizations. Sociology analyses organizations in the first line from an institutional perspective. In this sense, the organization is an enduring arrangement of elements.