Social Cognitive Theory and its Application in Tesco Case Study

Research Skills 2
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Summarise about the Case study.................................................................................................3
Bandura’s social cognitive theory...............................................................................................4
Discuss about the personal, environmental and behavioural factors from Bandura’s Social
Cognitive theory model...............................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Research skills refer to the ability of search, extract, organise and evaluate the relevant
information, specifying the process of detailed or investigation into the different study of
enterprises. Social cognitive theory (SCT) is based on the interpersonal level which has
developed by Albert Bandura that emphasises the dynamic interaction between personal,
environment as well as behavioural
In this report, it will concern about the case study of Tesco, identifying the factors which
directly impact on the behaviour of individual people. This documentation will describe about
the social cognitive theory or model that will implement within the organizational activities.
MAIN BODY
Overview of Bandura’s social cognitive theory
Social cognitive theory is based on the psychology, communication and education holds
that representing the individual’s knowledge. Through this way, it is directly observing the other
with context of experiences, social interaction and other media influences. This type of theory
was advanced by Albert Bandura with extension of social learning theory.
As per given Tesco Case study, it has been implementing the Social cognitive theory to
identify the behavior of individuals, consequences of people (im and et.al., 2020). It is
remembering the sequence of event and use accurate information to provide better guidance. By
using this model, it is observing the perception of people and engage with the staff members on
the basis of their behavior towards organizational activities. In another words, some of people do
not learn about the new behavior which solely by truing them and also succeeding or failing.
The primary objective of this social cognitive theory is to identify the different variation of
intention and adopted the theoretical aspect. It help for identifying the gap as modelled on the
social terms, which is capable of understanding the changes in human behavior. Sometimes, it
also contribution to modern technology acceptance by representing significant role of staff
members towards online consumer service (Wang, Hung and Huang, 2019). In some situation,
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