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    Nowadays, social medias on Internet seem to be a new capital way of communication. First of all, a social network is a user 's association on Internet, who exchanges information. Each member shares information with “friends”, who themselves have their own “friends”. all the members of the social network are indirectly connected. There exists any kind of social networks and they all have different goals. Indeed, some give the opportunity of communicating with friends, colleagues or family, by sharing

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    Despite the conflicting nature between the social-capital theory (SCT) and stakeholder theory (ST), the role of ‘Corporate social responsibility’ (CSR) is a factor for a majority of organisations to gain an economic advantage amongst its competitors. Through globalisation, aspects involving profit maximisation and business reputation have become the primary influences of the ST. Alternatively, the minority of organisations engaging in CSR with the altruistic concern for the stability of the wider

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    EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL EXPLOITATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MY COMMUNITY. COM522:COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (FACILITATOR: DR. SILK OGWU-OGBU) SUBMITTED BY ODEDEYI JAMES AYODELE (PAU/SMC/PGDCR2/120013) MARCH,2013 TABLE OF CONTENT Introduction

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    Singular Social Capital

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    According to Social Capital and Mental Illness: A Systematic Review, social capital is a combination of social groups, associational life, community involvement, and trust in others. Social capital can happen through informal and formal establishments. An example of informal establishment is a community or financial status group. Formal establishments can occur through groups like neighborhoods and government structures. Singular social capital can be viewed as a measure of one’s evaluation of their

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    regarded as Social capital. These connections are formed either in the local communities, social clubs, and churches, in sports as well as at work place. Social Capital has been described by different scholars, they look at the benefits that social capital creates and the positive impact it brings to those communities. However in recent years there has been a number of factors that has caused the decline of social capital. This essay will be looking at how different scholars have defined Social capital

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    Social Capital Analysis

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    Social capital can be found any many different forms, but when discussing similarities and difference in church and the workplace it is very close to comparing apples and oranges. My view is that when we are at work there is not much time for talking of politics, except for a small time frame during lunch, the occasional smoke break (if you’re a smoker). Although there are other small bites of time in passing that there is a sporadic case of networking that is happening while in passing. One of

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    Bonding Social Capital

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    Bonding social capital refers to the relation among homogenous group of individuals such as close friends, family members and same caste ( Putnam, 2000, p and Woolcock, 2001,p..). Putnam explain that bonding social capital play crucial role especially for mobilizing solidarity and fostering reciprocity (Aldrich,2012, p.165). Aldrich simplify that bonding social capital have strong ties and relationship of network within homophile (i.e. high level of similarity) households or communities with in

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    Social Capital Case

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    Social capital emcompasses the links, shared values and understandings in society that enable individuals and groups to trust each other and work together. The benefits of Social Capital arise from the trust, reciprocity, shared information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Societal value is created through connection between people. Most NPOs do not possess the necessary resources to create large and efficient organisation. Social Capital plays a crucial role

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    IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON SOCIAL CAPITAL Social capital refers to the resources inherent in social relationships; it is considered the foundation of economic, political, and social development. To explore the media’s impact on social capital, we analyze the impact of media consumption at the individual level and the effects of media system structures at the national level. The results indicate that Internet use and informational media use increase social capital. Moreover, societies seem to benefit

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    Tools, and Better Utilization of Social and Corporate Capital in the Provision of Legal Services to Low-Income Sector Statement of Thesis Use of project management tools in the form of information technology tools serves to enable the Legal Services organization in achieving its mission while doing so in a manner that does not create great expense for the organization. Included in these tools are networking, project tools, optimized use of corporate and social capital in the organization and continuous

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