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May 2012
11m 39s

Institutional Differences

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
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Many of the facts which we know to be true are in fact social facts; they are only true so long as enough people believe them. These self-perpetuating clusters of shared beliefs are referred to by sociologists as ‘institutions.’ Institutions may vary from culture to culture.The idea of a manager is an institution too. Like many institutions you can find diff ... Show More
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