The United Nations Environment Programme states that the full participation of society’s most vulnerable and marginalised groups are essential in environmental management.
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Pregnant women face several workplace issues that makes it difficult for them to hold onto their jobs under inequitable conditions.
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Kenyeh Barlay, from the United Nations Development Program, argues that women entrepreneurs represent maximum potential for community growth.
Continue reading “Women Entrepreneurs Making the Most of Investment”M. Laura Moazedi has written a great summary about a study on diversity and creativity. Laura writes: According to research findings, heterogeneous teams perform more creatively than homogeneous teams. This seems to be particularly true when they engage in perspective taking. … Continue reading Creative Diversity
Chandana Rathnasiri Hewege, researcher with Swinburne University, argues that management theory would be revitalised with social science input. In particular, Hewege focuses on management control. This term describes how organisations monitor the behaviour of employees. The aim is to improve … Continue reading Building Better Business
Michael Porter is a business professor whose expertise is in corporate strategy. He argues that businesses should step up and address social problems rather than simply leave it to the not for profit groups and philanthropists. Continue reading Philanthropy Business
French researcher Jacqueline Fendt argues that academic research on businesses is not practical enough in its focus. She argues that management education would be improved with a stronger focus on the everyday realities of Executives. She also advocates using more … Continue reading Executive Choices
The “Investments to End Poverty” report by Development Initiatives predicts that in the worst case scenario there…
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Here’s one account of how Social Science has helped Jaya Gajparia manage the daily racism she has experienced growing up in the UK. She says that sociology has provided her a range of tools to have a dialogue with others … Continue reading How Social Science Fights Racism
Social science helps to improve people’s lives by addressing health, education, business and other fields. In particular, it provides tools to measure social dynamics. That is, it provides insight about how societies and social relationships work. Social science integrates nature and the environment as well as individual will, the mind, and community relationships.
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