Social capital

Whole Foods builds human and social capital through innovation, high quality, and outstanding customer service. Human capital is defined as the potential of an individual’s knowledge and actions (Kanicki & Kreitz, 2010). Recruiting the right people and ensuring that employee are properly trained is a long term investment. Training is a systematic process that leads to creativity, innovation, loyalty, teamwork, communication, problem solving, and maximizing interaction between people (Wang,…

Intellectual assets are important drivers of wealth creation and competitive advantages. Boeing’s human and social capital, technology, and intellectual property rights all contribute to value of the company. Human capital is the foundation of intellectual capital at any firm. Boeing’s employees make the company possible. Employees are hired for their specific set of skills that will allow them to excel in a certain position. While these capabilities are obviously necessary, Boeing expects more…

In “Social Capital, Income Inequality, and Mortality” (1997) by Ichiro Kawachi and other researchers assert that income inequality are associated with mortality rates and reduction in social cohesion. The data was analyzed from a cross-sectional ecologic study that was conducted by the National Opinion Research Center to estimate state variations in group membership and levels of social trust for English-speaking individuals who are 18 years old and older in 39 states. Post stratification was…

Award-winning author and feminist Ursula K. Le Guin delivered a rhetorically complex speech to the Mills College graduating class of 1983, comprised almost entirely of women. Her speech came at a challenging time for women, as second-wave feminism began to dissolve into a myriad of disagreeing factions. The title of the speech, the “Left-Handed Commencement Address,” is a reference to her book The Left Hand of Darkness, which follows an androgynous race of space aliens. This foreshadows the…

their argument. John Rury claims that the three main goals of American education is social capital, human capital, and cultural capital. However, David Labaree argues that the three main goals of American education is democratic equality, social efficiency, and social mobility. John Rury is a historian of American education and the author of…

forms of capital have a tremendous impact on education and will affect all future teachers. The first form of capital is social capital. Social capital is defined according to Eval (2016) as either “obligations and expectations, information channels, or as social norms” (p. 1). The implication of social capital in education is that “social patterns and processes” “contribute to the ethnic disparities of student achievement” (Eval, 2016,p. 1). As teachers, we need to be aware of how much social…

opened doors to more internships and opportunities that I was able to access and turn into social capital. Not only did I gain experience in the working field, I grew accustomed to interacting with professionals in society. In high school my AP Economics teacher also introduced me to a popular English teacher at my school who offered tips to write my college personal statement. Oseguera talks about social capital as being dynamic in this context, “These resources may be evident, such as…

are searching for a brighter future. They don’t have many experiences with the four types of capital and it governs their acclimation…

According to Robert Putnam, social capital “refers to features of social organization such as networks, norms, and social trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit” (65-78). The amount of social capital is not at the same level as it was in the past. This is due to a change in the amount of civic engagement throughout communities. In most areas and organizations today, either a higher degree or a lower degree of civic engagement is observed. In my community, a lower…

Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital Do you talk to your neighbors? Do you trust our government or even the people around you? Have you involved yourself in any club and actually participated? If your answer was no to any of the previous questions, then you may be part of a statistic that expresses the decline of social capital. Social capital- the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively- has…